Assyrius

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀσσύριος (Assúrios).

Pronunciation

Adjective

Assyrius (feminine Assyria, neuter Assyrium); first/second-declension adjective

  1. Assyrian
    Synonym: Assyriacus

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative Assyrius Assyria Assyrium Assyriī Assyriae Assyria
genitive Assyriī Assyriae Assyriī Assyriōrum Assyriārum Assyriōrum
dative Assyriō Assyriae Assyriō Assyriīs
accusative Assyrium Assyriam Assyrium Assyriōs Assyriās Assyria
ablative Assyriō Assyriā Assyriō Assyriīs
vocative Assyrie Assyria Assyrium Assyriī Assyriae Assyria

Noun

Assyrius m sg (genitive Assyriī or Assyrī); second declension

  1. Assyrian (person)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative Assyrius Assyriī
genitive Assyriī
Assyrī1 		Assyriōrum
dative Assyriō Assyriīs
accusative Assyrium Assyriōs
ablative Assyriō Assyriīs
vocative Assyrī Assyriī

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

  • Catalan: assiri
  • Portuguese: assírio
  • Spanish: asirio

Further reading

  • “Assyrius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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