Sorry to be a bit crude but I told someone that I doubted this to be correct
Yet when I consult the online translation tools this is indeed what it gives as one of the meanings for "asinus:" (along with "ass" and "fool")
Was this really one of the meanings of "asinus"?
Was this meaning applicable in ,say the time of Cicero?
It is not a medieval usage by any chance (when Latin was more or less a lingua franca)?
Yet when I consult the online translation tools this is indeed what it gives as one of the meanings for "asinus:" (along with "ass" and "fool")
Was this really one of the meanings of "asinus"?
Was this meaning applicable in ,say the time of Cicero?
It is not a medieval usage by any chance (when Latin was more or less a lingua franca)?