Ἀσκληπιός

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Ancient Greek

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Asclepius

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

(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

(Greek mythology) Asclepius
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, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,002

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