asser

Noun

asser n

1. indefinite plural of as

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs- (“axis”), the same root of assis, axis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈas.ser/, [ˈäs̠ːɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈas.ser/, [ˈäsːer]

Noun

asser m (genitive asseris); third declension

1. beam, pole, stake, plank, particularly the poles supporting a lectica, a Roman litter
2. (Medieval Latin) shaft, arrows
   • c. 1300, Tractatus de Ponderibus et Mensuris:

     Garba asseris constat ex triginta peciis.

     The sheaf of arrows is formed from thirty pieces.

References

• “asser”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “asser”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• asser in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “asser”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “asser”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin