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ASS (O.E. assa; Lat. asinus)

This article appears in Volume V02, Page 770 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: ARN-AUD
ASS (O.E. assa; Lat. asinus) , a common name (the synonym " donkey " is supposed to be derived either by
analogy
  from "
monkey
 ," or from the Christian name Duncan; cf. Neddy, Jack, Dicky, &c.) for different varieties of the sub-genus Asinus, belonging to the
horse
  tribe, and especially for the domestic ass; it differs from the
horse
  in its smaller size,
long
  ears, the
character
  of its tail, fur and markings, and its proverbial dulness and obstinacy. The ancient Egyptians symbolized an ignorant person by the head and ears of an ass, and the Romans thought it a bad omen to meet one. In the middle ages the Germans of Westphalia made the ass the symbol of St
Thomas
 ,the incredulous apostle; the boy who was last to enter school on St
Thomas
 ' day was called the " Ass Thomas " (Gubernatis's Zoological Mythology, i. 362). The foolishness and obstinacy of the ass has caused the name to be transferred metaphorically to human beings; and the fifth proposition of
Book
  i. of Euclid is known as the Pons Asinorum,
bridge
  of asses.


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