ἄσπρος

See also: άσπρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Latin asper.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈas.pros/ → /ˈas.pros/

• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈas.pros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈas.pros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈas.pros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈas.pros/

Adjective

ἄσπρος • (áspros) m (feminine ἄσπρᾱ, neuter ἄσπρον); first/second declension

1. invisible, transparent
2. white
3. (Byzantine) silver
4. (nominalized, neuter) egg white
5. (nominalized, neuter) name of an ingredient of incense

Declension

First and second declension of ᾰ̓́σπρος; ᾰ̓́σπρᾱ; ᾰ̓́σπρον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ᾰ̓́σπρος ắspros	ᾰ̓́σπρᾱ ắsprā	ᾰ̓́σπρον ắspron		ᾰ̓́σπρω ắsprō	ᾰ̓́σπρᾱ ắsprā	ᾰ̓́σπρω ắsprō		ᾰ̓́σπροι ắsproi	ᾰ̓́σπραι ắsprai	ᾰ̓́σπρᾰ ắspră
Genitive		ᾰ̓́σπρου ắsprou	ᾰ̓́σπρᾱς ắsprās	ᾰ̓́σπρου ắsprou		ᾰ̓́σπροιν ắsproin	ᾰ̓́σπραιν ắsprain	ᾰ̓́σπροιν ắsproin		ᾰ̓́σπρων ắsprōn	ᾰ̓́σπρων ắsprōn	ᾰ̓́σπρων ắsprōn
Dative		ᾰ̓́σπρῳ ắsprōi	ᾰ̓́σπρᾳ ắsprāi	ᾰ̓́σπρῳ ắsprōi		ᾰ̓́σπροιν ắsproin	ᾰ̓́σπραιν ắsprain	ᾰ̓́σπροιν ắsproin		ᾰ̓́σπροις ắsprois	ᾰ̓́σπραις ắsprais	ᾰ̓́σπροις ắsprois
Accusative		ᾰ̓́σπρον ắspron	ᾰ̓́σπρᾱν ắsprān	ᾰ̓́σπρον ắspron		ᾰ̓́σπρω ắsprō	ᾰ̓́σπρᾱ ắsprā	ᾰ̓́σπρω ắsprō		ᾰ̓́σπρους ắsprous	ᾰ̓́σπρᾱς ắsprās	ᾰ̓́σπρᾰ ắspră
Vocative		ᾰ̓́σπρε ắspre	ᾰ̓́σπρᾱ ắsprā	ᾰ̓́σπρον ắspron		ᾰ̓́σπρω ắsprō	ᾰ̓́σπρᾱ ắsprā	ᾰ̓́σπρω ắsprō		ᾰ̓́σπροι ắsproi	ᾰ̓́σπραι ắsprai	ᾰ̓́σπρᾰ ắspră
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ᾰ̓́σπρως ắsprōs				ᾰ̓σπρότερος ăspróteros				ᾰ̓σπρότᾰτος ăsprótătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• δίασπρος (díaspros)

Descendants

• Greek: άσπρο (áspro), άσπρος (áspros)
• → English: aspron
• → Serbo-Croatian: ȁspra

Further reading

• ἄσπρος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• “ἄσπρος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “ἄσπρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἄσπρος in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften