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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἴασπις (íaspis), ultimately from an unknown oriental, possibly Egyptian, loanword. Cognate of modern Persian یشپ (yašp).
Pronunciation
Noun
iaspis f (genitive iaspidis); third declension
- jasper, a precious stone
29 BCE – 19 BCE,
Virgil,
Aeneid 4.261–262:
- atque illī stēllātus iaspide fulvā / ēnsis erat .
- And that sword was starred with tawny jasper .
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Derived terms
Descendants
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