ἀσκληπιάς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Ἀσκληπιός (Asklēpiós) +‎ -ᾰ́ς (-ás).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /as.klɛː.pi.ás/ → /as.kli.piˈas/ → /as.kli.piˈas/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /as.klɛː.pi.ás/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /as.kle̝.piˈas/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /as.kli.piˈas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /as.kli.piˈas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /as.kli.piˈas/

Noun

ἀσκληπῐᾰ́ς • (asklēpiás) f (genitive ἀσκληπῐᾰ́δος); third declension

1. swallow-wort (Vincetoxicum hirundinaria)

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ἀσκληπῐᾰ́ς; τῆς ἀσκληπῐᾰ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀσκληπῐᾰ́ς hē asklēpiás	τὼ ἀσκληπῐᾰ́δε tṑ asklēpiáde	αἱ ἀσκληπῐᾰ́δες hai asklēpiádes
Genitive	τῆς ἀσκληπῐᾰ́δος tês asklēpiádos	τοῖν ἀσκληπῐᾰ́δοιν toîn asklēpiádoin	τῶν ἀσκληπῐᾰ́δων tôn asklēpiádōn
Dative	τῇ ἀσκληπῐᾰ́δῐ têi asklēpiádi	τοῖν ἀσκληπῐᾰ́δοιν toîn asklēpiádoin	ταῖς ἀσκληπῐᾰ́σῐ / ἀσκληπῐᾰ́σῐν taîs asklēpiási(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἀσκληπῐᾰ́δᾰ tḕn asklēpiáda	τὼ ἀσκληπῐᾰ́δε tṑ asklēpiáde	τᾱ̀ς ἀσκληπῐᾰ́δᾰς tā̀s asklēpiádas
Vocative	ἀσκληπῐᾰ́ς asklēpiás	ἀσκληπῐᾰ́δε asklēpiáde	ἀσκληπῐᾰ́δες asklēpiádes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

• → Latin: asclepiās
  • → Translingual: Asclepias
• → Classical Syriac: ܐܣܩܠܝܦܝܘܢ, ܐܣܩܠܝܦܝܐܣ

Further reading

• “ἀσκληπιάς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀσκληπιάς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀσκληπιάς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)