ἀσκοπήρα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀσκός (askós, “wineskin”) +‎ πήρα (pḗra, “wallet”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /as.ko.pɛ̌ː.ra/ → /as.koˈpi.ra/ → /as.koˈpi.ra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /as.ko.pɛ̌ː.ra/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /as.koˈpe̝.ra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /as.koˈpi.ra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /as.koˈpi.ra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /as.koˈpi.ra/

Noun

ἀσκοπήρᾰ • (askopḗra) f (genitive ἀσκοπήρᾱς); first declension

1. scrip, wallet

   Synonym: σαγή (sagḗ)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἀσκοπῆρᾰ; τῆς ἀσκοπήρᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀσκοπῆρᾰ hē askopêra	τὼ ἀσκοπήρᾱ tṑ askopḗrā	αἱ ἀσκοπῆραι hai askopêrai
Genitive	τῆς ἀσκοπήρᾱς tês askopḗrās	τοῖν ἀσκοπήραιν toîn askopḗrain	τῶν ἀσκοπηρῶν tôn askopērôn
Dative	τῇ ἀσκοπήρᾳ têi askopḗrāi	τοῖν ἀσκοπήραιν toîn askopḗrain	ταῖς ἀσκοπήραις taîs askopḗrais
Accusative	τὴν ἀσκοπῆρᾰν tḕn askopêran	τὼ ἀσκοπήρᾱ tṑ askopḗrā	τᾱ̀ς ἀσκοπήρᾱς tā̀s askopḗrās
Vocative	ἀσκοπῆρᾰ askopêra	ἀσκοπήρᾱ askopḗrā	ἀσκοπῆραι askopêrai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: ascopēra

Further reading

• “ἀσκοπήρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀσκοπήρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀσκοπήρα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)