Bassus is a Latin adjective meaning "thick, fat, stumpy, short" and may refer to:
Bassus (wasp), a genus of braconid wasps
It was also the name of: Government and military Lucius Annius Bassus, () senator during the reign of Vespasian, commanded a legion under Marcus Antonius Primus Quintus Caecilius Bassus, () fought under Pompey during Caesar's civil war Anicius Auchenius Bassus ( 325 – after 385), Prefect of Rome Anicius Auchenius Bassus (consul 408), Roman consul Anicius Auchenius Bassus (consul 431), Roman consul Gaius Julius Quadratus Bassus (70–117), Roman senator and general Gaius Julius Bassus (c. 45 – aft. 101), Roman senator Titus Pomponius Bassus, Roman senator Gaius Pomponius Bassus Terentianus (fl. 2nd century), Roman military officer and senator Pomponius Bassus (consul 211) (175–221), Roman senator and consul Pomponius Bassus (consul 259) (220 – after 271), Roman senator and consul Junius Bassus ( 318–331), Roman praetorian prefect and consul in 331 Junius Bassus Theotecnius (317–359), Roman politician Lucilius Bassus, Roman legatus appointed by Emperor Vespasian Lucius Caesonius Ovinius Rufinus Manilius Bassus (or Rufinius) (c. 227 – c. 300), Roman consul in 260 and 284 Caesonius Bassus, Roman consul in 317 Lucius Valerius Septimius Bassus (c. 328 – after 379), Praefectus Urbi Romae Publius Ventidius Bassus, Roman general Septimius Bassus (c. 270 – aft. 319), Roman politician
Others Gavius Bassus, 1st century BCE grammarian Julius Bassus, 1st century BCE-1st century CE orator mentioned by Seneca Sepullius Bassus, 1st century BCE-1st century CE orator mentioned by Seneca Silius Bassus, another obscure orator mentioned by Seneca Lollius Bassus, , author of several epigrams Lucilius Bassus, a name used by the orator Cicero in his Epistulae ad Atticum (12.5) as proverbial for a vain and worthless author Bassus (poet), 1st century CE Roman poet and subject of an epigram of Martial Aufidius Bassus, Roman historian Cesellius Bassus, (died 66), Roman charlatan Caesius Bassus (died 79), Roman lyric poet Cassianus Bassus ( late 6th/early 7th century), called Scholasticus, one of the geoponici Saleius Bassus, Roman epic poet Saint Bassus of Nice (died c. 248–251), bishop of Nice, martyred under Decius
See also Basilica of Junius Bassus, a civil basilica on the Esquiline Hill in Rome Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus, early Christian Sarcophagus used by Junius Bassus