asclepias

See also: Asclepias

English

Noun

asclepias (plural asclepiases)

1. Any plant of the genus Asclepias.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀσκληπιάς (asklēpiás).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /asˈkleː.pi.as/, [äs̠ˈkɫ̪eːpiäs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /asˈkle.pi.as/, [äsˈklɛːpiäs]

Noun

asclēpias f (genitive asclēpiadis); third declension

1. the white swallow-wort (Vincetoxicum hirundinaria)
   • c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 27.18.35

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	asclēpias	asclēpiadēs
Genitive	asclēpiadis	asclēpiadum
Dative	asclēpiadī	asclēpiadibus
Accusative	asclēpiadem	asclēpiadēs
Ablative	asclēpiade	asclēpiadibus
Vocative	asclēpias	asclēpiadēs

References

• “asclepias”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• asclepias in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.