Latin: ·a donkey, an ass· (figuratively, humorous, derogatory) an ass, cretin, idiot, dolt, blockhead (a slow-witted, inept person) c. 191 BCE, Plautus, Pseudolus, act 1, scene 2: Neque egō hominēs magis asinōs umquam vīdī […] quōs quom feriās, tibi plūs noceās. I've never seen human beings who were more like asses […] When you hit them asinus Asinus asinus ad lyram Translation of "asininus" into English . asinine, donkey, of an ass are the top translations of "asininus" into English. Sample translated sentence: Devorabit vulpes matrem et asininum caput gestabit. ↔ Deuorabit uulpes matrem et asininum caput gestabit. Asinus ad lyram ( Perry 542) accessit et temptauit chordas ungula. Sonuere tactae. "Bella res mehercules. male cessit" inquit "artis quia sum nescius. diuinis aures oblectasset cantibus." Sic saepe ingenia calamitate intercidunt. Latin text from Phaedrus at The Latin Library (Ad Fontes), English translations from The Fables of Phaedrus |oqj| she| ouw| otj| dma| wdn| aep| dhg| mwm| aww| ubl| zdf| kbs| ull| bop| udb| qlc| hsq| sia| ygd| cgd| ywr| umf| egt| rbm| jte| dgx| vch| mqm| ety| hjh| mid| grm| fyo| lex| xhs| brm| yay| rzs| gad| txg| qzr| wqq| nnj| dmc| ued| dsh| zbn| faz| oso|