Ἀσκληπίδης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Ἀσκληπιάδης (Asklēpiádēs) (prose)

Etymology

Ἀσκληπιός (Asklēpiós, “Asclepius”) +‎ -ίδης (-ídēs)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /as.klɛː.pí.dɛːs/ → /as.kliˈpi.ðis/ → /as.kliˈpi.ðis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /as.klɛː.pí.dɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /as.kle̝ˈpi.de̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /as.kliˈpi.ðis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /as.kliˈpi.ðis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /as.kliˈpi.ðis/

Proper noun

Ἀσκληπίδης • (Asklēpídēs) m (genitive Ἀσκληπίδου); first declension

1. a child of Asclepius

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Ἀσκληπῐ́δης; τοῦ Ἀσκληπῐ́δου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Ἀσκληπῐ́δης ho Asklēpídēs	τὼ Ἀσκληπῐ́δᾱ tṑ Asklēpídā	οἱ Ἀσκληπῐ́δαι hoi Asklēpídai
Genitive	τοῦ Ἀσκληπῐ́δου toû Asklēpídou	τοῖν Ἀσκληπῐ́δαιν toîn Asklēpídain	τῶν Ἀσκληπῐδῶν tôn Asklēpidôn
Dative	τῷ Ἀσκληπῐ́δῃ tôi Asklēpídēi	τοῖν Ἀσκληπῐ́δαιν toîn Asklēpídain	τοῖς Ἀσκληπῐ́δαις toîs Asklēpídais
Accusative	τὸν Ἀσκληπῐ́δην tòn Asklēpídēn	τὼ Ἀσκληπῐ́δᾱ tṑ Asklēpídā	τοὺς Ἀσκληπῐ́δᾱς toùs Asklēpídās
Vocative	Ἀσκληπῐ́δη Asklēpídē	Ἀσκληπῐ́δᾱ Asklēpídā	Ἀσκληπῐ́δαι Asklēpídai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Ασκληπίδης (Asklipídis)
  • plural: Ασκληπίδες (Asklipídes)
• → Latin: Asclēpidēs (plural Asclēpidae)

Further reading

• Ἀσκληπίδης in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,002