See also: Asper and as per

English edit

Pronunciation edit

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈæspə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈæspɚ/
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Etymology 1 edit

From Middle English aspre, from Old French aspre (modern French âpre), from Latin asper (rough).

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Adjective edit

asper (comparative more asper, superlative most asper)

  1. (obsolete) Rough or harsh; severe, stern, serious.
    • 1631, Francis [Bacon], “(please specify |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. [], 3rd edition, London: [] William Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee [], →OCLC:
      An asper sound.

Noun edit

asper (uncountable)

  1. (phonetics, obsolete) Rough breathing; a mark (#) indicating that part of a word is aspirated, or pronounced with h before it.
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Etymology 2 edit

From Middle English asper, from Middle French aspre or Italian aspro, both from Ancient Greek ἄσπρον (áspron), from neuter of ἄσπρος (áspros, white), from Latin asper (rough, newly minted).

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Noun edit

asper (plural aspers)

  1. (historical) Any one of several small coins, circulated around the eastern Mediterranean area from the 12th to 17th centuries.

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Latin edit

Etymology edit

Probably from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂esp- (to cut), also present in Ancient Greek ἀσπίς (aspís) and Hittite [script needed] (ḫasp-).

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Adjective edit

asper (feminine aspera, neuter asperum, comparative asperior, superlative asperrimus, adverb asperē); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

  1. rough, uneven, coarse
  2. unrefined, rude
  3. sharp, newly minted
  4. harsh, bitter, fierce
    Synonyms: ācer, acerbus, frāctus
    odia asperabitter hatred

Declension edit

First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative asper aspera asperum asperī asperae aspera
Genitive asperī asperae asperī asperōrum asperārum asperōrum
Dative asperō asperō asperīs
Accusative asperum asperam asperum asperōs asperās aspera
Ablative asperō asperā asperō asperīs
Vocative asper aspera asperum asperī asperae aspera

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References edit

  • asper”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • asper”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • asper in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) rough and hilly ground: loca aspera et montuosa (Planc. 9. 22)
  • asper”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • asper”, in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

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Noun edit

asper m or f

  1. indefinite plural of asp