Ἀσκληπιός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /as.klɛː.pi.ós/ → /as.kli.piˈos/ → /as.kli.piˈos/

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

Proper noun

Ἀσκληπῐός • (Asklēpiós) m (genitive Ἀσκληπῐοῦ); second declension

1. (Greek mythology) Asclepius
2. a male given name, equivalent to English Asclepius

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Ἀσκληπιός; τοῦ Ἀσκληπιοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἀσκληπιός ho Asklēpiós
Genitive	τοῦ Ἀσκληπιοῦ toû Asklēpioû
Dative	τῷ Ἀσκληπιῷ tôi Asklēpiôi
Accusative	τὸν Ἀσκληπιόν tòn Asklēpión
Vocative	Ἀσκληπιέ Asklēpié
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Ἀσκληπιάδης (Asklēpiádēs)
• Ἀσκληπίδης (Asklēpídēs)

Descendants

• Greek: Ασκληπιός (Asklipiós)
• → Latin: Asclēpius
• → Russian: Аскле́пий (Asklépij)
• → Classical Syriac: ܐܣܩܠܦܝܣ, ܐܣܩܠܝܦܝܘܣ

Further reading

• “Ἀσκληπιός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Ἀσκληπιός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “Ἀσκληπιός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Ἀσκληπιός 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