in zoology, is ranked as a species of equus, or horse. See Equus.

Coronation of the ass, in antiquity, was a part of the ceremony of the feast of Vella, wherein the bakers put bread crowns on the heads of these quadrupeds; Ecce coronatis panis dependet asellis*. Hence, in an ancient calendar, the ides of June are thus denoted: Februm est vi. 111. Vefer. Afinus coronatur!—This honour, it seems, was done the beast, because, by its braying, it had saved Vella from being ravished by the Lampascan god. Hence the formula, Vefer delictum est afinus.