asinata

Italian

Etymology

From asino (donkey, ass) +‎ -ata.

Noun

asinata f (plural asinate)

  1. stupidity (foolish action or remark)

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Latin

Etymology

Formed from asinus (ass, donkey) +‎ -āta (suffix forming nouns), perhaps as a calque of Old French asnée, whence French ânée.

Pronunciation

Noun

asināta f (genitive asinātae); first declension
(Medieval Latin [1132])

  1. a donkey’s burden, a load as great as an ass can carry
    1. a unit of capacity for grains and wine, of varying definition, ranging from six to nine bichets (with the bichet itself lacking a universally fixed definition)
      Synonym: azina (Mediaeval, rare)

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative asināta asinātae
genitive asinātae asinātārum
dative asinātae asinātīs
accusative asinātam asinātās
ablative asinātā asinātīs
vocative asināta asinātae

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