Asine

See also: asine and asiné

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀσίνη (Asínē).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈa.sɪ.neː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈaː.s̬i.ne]

Proper noun

Asinē f sg (genitive Asinēs); first declension

1. A town of Messenia situated on the western side of the Messenian gulf
2. A town of Argeia situated on the coast

Declension

First-declension noun (feminine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ē), with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Asinē
genitive	Asinēs
dative	Asinae
accusative	Asinēn
ablative	Asinē
vocative	Asinē
locative	Asinēs

Related terms

• Asinaeus

References

• “Asine”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Asine”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Asine”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly