Asellius

From asellus (“small or young donkey”) +‎ -ius.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aˈsɛl.li.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [aˈs̬ɛl.li.us]

Asellius m sg (genitive Aselliī or Asellī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Asellius Sabinus, a Roman writer

Second-declension noun, singular only.

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

• Asellius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.