ἄσπρις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unclear. Could be related to Old High German aspa, but the connection is problematic.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ás.pris/ → /ˈas.pris/ → /ˈas.pris/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ás.pris/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈas.pris/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈas.pris/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈas.pris/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈas.pris/

Noun

ἄσπρῐς • (ásprĭs) f (genitive ἄσπρῐδος); third declension

1. Turkey oak, Quercus cerris

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ἄσπρῐς; τῆς ἄσπρῐδος (Attic)

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 têi 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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

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)