iaspis
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἴασπις (íaspis), ultimately from an unknown oriental, possibly Egyptian, loanword. Cognate of modern Persian یشپ (yašp).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈjas.pɪs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈjas.pis]
Noun
iaspis f (genitive iaspidis); third declension
- jasper, a precious stone
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | iaspis | iaspidēs |
| genitive | iaspidis | iaspidum |
| dative | iaspidī | iaspidibus |
| accusative | iaspidem | iaspidēs |
| ablative | iaspide | iaspidibus |
| vocative | iaspis | iaspidēs |
Derived terms
- iaspideus, jaspideus
Descendants
- Catalan: jaspi
- → Czech: jaspis
- Old French: jaspe, jaspre
- → Middle High German: jaspis
- Italian: iaspide
- → Polish: jaspis
- Portuguese: jaspe
- Old Occitan: jaspi
- Provençal: jaspi
- → Slovene: jaspis
- Spanish: jaspe
References
- “iaspis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “iaspis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- iaspis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “iaspis”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly