{"def":{"lit":"approaching","short":"Assus, a city of Asia MInor","long":["a seaport of the Roman province of Asia in the district anciently called Mysia, on the north shore of the Gulf of Adramyttium, and about 7 miles (11 km) from Lesbos"]},"deriv":"probably of foreign origin","pronun":{"ipa":"ˈɑs.sos","ipa_mod":"ˈɑs.sows","sbl":"assos","dic":"AS-sose","dic_mod":"AS-sose"}}