ἄσπρις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Unclear. Could be related to Old High German aspa, but the connection is problematic.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ás.pris/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈas.pris/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈas.pris/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈas.pris/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈas.pris/
Noun
ἄσπρῐς • (ásprĭs) f (genitive ἄσπρῐδος); third declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ἄσπρῐς hē ásprĭs |
τὼ ἄσπρῐδε tṑ ásprĭde |
αἱ ἄσπρῐδες hai ásprĭdes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ἄσπρῐδος tês ásprĭdos |
τοῖν ἀσπρῐ́δοιν toîn asprĭ́doin |
τῶν ἀσπρῐ́δων tôn asprĭ́dōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ἄσπρῐδῐ tēî ásprĭdĭ |
τοῖν ἀσπρῐ́δοιν toîn asprĭ́doin |
ταῖς ἄσπρῐσῐ / ἄσπρῐσῐν taîs ásprĭsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ἄσπρῐδᾰ tḕn ásprĭdă |
τὼ ἄσπρῐδε tṑ ásprĭde |
τᾱ̀ς ἄσπρῐδᾰς tā̀s ásprĭdăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἄσπρῐς ásprĭs |
ἄσπρῐδε ásprĭde |
ἄσπρῐδες ásprĭdes | ||||||||||
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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 (2006–2025)