ἄσπρις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unclear. Could be related to Old High German aspa, but the connection is problematic.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ás.pris/ → /ˈas.pris/ → /ˈas.pris/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ás.pris/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈas.pris/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈas.pris/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈas.pris/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈas.pris/

Noun

ἄσπρῐς • (áspris) f (genitive ἄσπρῐδος); third declension

1. Turkey oak, Quercus cerris

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ἄσπρῐς; τῆς ἄσπρῐδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἄσπρῐς hē áspris	τὼ ἄσπρῐδε tṑ áspride	αἱ ἄσπρῐδες hai ásprides
Genitive	τῆς ἄσπρῐδος tês áspridos	τοῖν ἀσπρῐ́δοιν toîn asprídoin	τῶν ἀσπρῐ́δων tôn asprídōn
Dative	τῇ ἄσπρῐδῐ têi áspridi	τοῖν ἀσπρῐ́δοιν toîn asprídoin	ταῖς ἄσπρῐσῐ / ἄσπρῐσῐν taîs ásprisi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἄσπρῐδᾰ tḕn ásprida	τὼ ἄσπρῐδε tṑ áspride	τᾱ̀ς ἄσπρῐδᾰς tā̀s áspridas
Vocative	ἄσπρῐς áspris	ἄσπρῐδε áspride	ἄσπρῐδες ásprides
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.

Further reading

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