pons asinorum – English noun declension

English noun forms of pons asinorum

Noun: pons asinorum
Singularpons asinorum
Pluralpontes asinorum

Sample Sentences

  • [H]e had scarce advanced beyond the Pons Asinorum, when his ardour abated, the test of truth by demonstration did not elevate him to those transports of joy with which his preceptor had regaled his expectation; and before he arrived at the fortieth and seventh proposition, he began to yawn drearily […]. [1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:]

Nouns inflected like pons asinorum

pons asinorum,

Etymology

From New Latin pons asinorum, from Latin pōns (“bridge”) + genitive plural of asinus (“donkey”). Literally, “bridge of donkeys”. See: Latin Nouns 'pōns'.