2. Noun. (plural of as) ¹
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Definition of Asses
1. ass [n] - See also: ass
Literary usage of Asses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities by William Smith (1891)
"The drachma is equivalent to the denarius, which was originally worth ten asses ;
the foot-soldier received two obols, that is I denarius, or . ..."
2. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1887)
"Bustards and ostriches, antelopes and wild asses,48 appeared to be '• the only
inhabitants of the desert, and the fatigues of the march " were alleviated by ..."
3. The History of Herodotus by Herodotus, George Campbell Macaulay (1904)
"The asses accordingly by riotously braying used to throw into confusion the
cavalry of the Scythians; and often, as they were in the middle of riding ..."
4. The Natural History of Pliny by Pliny, John Bostock, Henry Thomas Riley (1890)
"Ethiopia can also imitate the human speech. CHAP. 46. WILD asses. ... are produced
in Africa, which also gives birth to multitudes of wild asses. ..."
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