Aesop

See also: Æsop

English

Alternative forms

• Æsop

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Αἴσωπος (Aísōpos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiːsɒp/

Proper noun

Aesop

1. An ancient Greek author, famous for the fables ascribed to him.
   • 1912, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, translated by Constance Garnett, The Brothers Karamazov, published 1880, Book II, chapter 8:

     I'll win them by politeness, and... and... show them that I've nothing to do with that Aesop, that buffoon, that Pierrot, and have merely been taken in over this affair, just as they have.

Derived terms

• Aesopian
• Aesopic
• Aesopish
• Aesop-like
• Aesop prawn
• Aesop shrimp

 

Translations

ancient Greek author

• Arabic: إِيسُوب m (ʔisūb)
• Armenian: Եզոպոս (Ezopos)

  Old Armenian: Եսովպոս (Esovpos)

• Belarusian: Эзо́п m (Ezóp)
• Bengali: ঈসপ (iśop)
• Bulgarian: Езо́п m (Ezóp)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 伊索 (zh) (Yīsuǒ)

• Czech: Ezop m
• Danish: Aesop
• Finnish: Aisopos (fi)
• French: Ésope (fr) m

  Middle French: Æsope

• German: Äsop (de) m
• Greek: Αίσωπος (el) m (Aísopos)

  Ancient: Αἴσωπος m (Aísōpos)

• Hindi: ईसप m (īsap)
• Hungarian: (as a historical figure) Aiszóposz (hu), (in set phrases with “fables”) Ezópus
• Icelandic: Esóp m
• Italian: Esopo m
• Japanese: イソップ (Isoppu), アイソーポス (Aisōposu)
• Korean: 이솝 (Isop), 아이소포스 (Aisoposeu)
• Latin: Aesōpus (la) m
• Macedonian: Езоп m (Ezop)
• Marathi: ईसाप m (īsāp)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Æsop

  Nynorsk: Æsop

• Persian: ازوپ (ezop)
• Polish: Ezop (pl) m
• Portuguese: Esopo m
• Russian: Эзо́п (ru) m (Ezóp)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Езоп m

  Roman: Ezop m

• Slovak: Ezop m
• Spanish: Esopo m
• Swedish: Aisopos
• Thai: อีสป
• Turkish: Ezop
• Ukrainian: Езо́п m (Ezóp)
• Urdu: ایسپ m (īsap)

Further reading

• Aesop on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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