較近的借詞,元音间的 -s- r音化為本土詞的 -r-。參見古希臘語 ὄνος (ónos)。與其他印歐語系的“驢”詞相似,asinus源自小亞細亞一底層語言來源(對比 Hieroglyphic Luwian tarkasna, 蘇美爾語𒀲 (anšu), 古典亞美尼亞語 էշ (ēš))。
asinus m (屬格 asinī);第二类变格
- 驢
c. 191 BCE, Plautus, Pseudolus, act 1, scene 2:Neque ego homines magis asinos umquam vidi.- At no time did I ever see human beings more like asses.
- 〈喻〉 傻子
c. 70 BCE, Cicero, In Pisonem, chapter 73:Quid nunc te, asine, litteras doceam? Non opus est verbis, sed fustibus.- Why should I now teach you letters, idiot? I want not for words but instead cudgels.
- asellus
- asina
- asinīnus
- pons asinorum (驴桥定理)
- qui asinum non potest, stratum caedit
- asinus in tegulis
- asinus ad lyram
- sepulturā asini sepelietur
asinus (阴性 asina,中性 asinum);第一/第二類變格形容詞
- 驢的
- 蠢笨的
- asinus in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879
- “asinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891年) An Elementary Latin Dictionary,New York:Harper & Brothers
- asinus在Charles du Fresne du Cange的Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- asinus在Gaffiot, Félix (1934年) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français (拉丁語-法語詳解詞典),Hachette中的內容
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008年) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7),Leiden, Boston:Brill,ISBN 9789004167971,第 57 頁