Iassus

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Iassus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Cicadellidae – certain leafhoppers.

• Iasus

From Ancient Greek Ἴασσος (Íassos).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈjas.sʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈjas.sus]

Iassus f sg (genitive Iassī); second declension

1. a town in Caria situated on a small island

Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

• Iassenses
• Iassiī

• “Iassus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Iassus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Iassus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly