bassus

Latin

Etymology

    From Ancient Greek βάσις (básis) or βαθύς (bathús), or from Oscan or Celtic.

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    bassus (feminine bassa, neuter bassum); first/second-declension adjective

    1. (Late Latin, Medieval Latin) thick, fat, stumpy, short, low, base

    Declension

    First/second-declension adjective.

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative bassus bassa bassum bassī bassae bassa
    genitive bassī bassae bassī bassōrum bassārum bassōrum
    dative bassō bassae bassō bassīs
    accusative bassum bassam bassum bassōs bassās bassa
    ablative bassō bassā bassō bassīs
    vocative basse bassa bassum bassī bassae bassa

    Descendants

    References

    • "bassus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • “bassus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • “bassus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
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