assus

== Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *assos (“dried, roasted”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs- (“to dry”); see Ancient Greek ἄζω (ázō, “to dry”) for more on the root and its reconstruction. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈas.sʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈas.sus] === Adjective === assus (feminine assa, neuter assum); first/second-declension adjective roasted, baked dried, dry nūtrīx assa ― dry nurse ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== assō === References === “assus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “assus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “assus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “assus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “assus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly