spiritus asper

English

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Etymology

From Latin spīritus asper; literally, 'rough breath'

Noun

spiritus asper (plural spiritus aspers)

1. (orthography) A diacritic mark in Ancient Greek used to indicate aspiration of an initial vowel or rho.

   The spiritus asper mark looks like an opening single quote, as in the word εὑρίσκω (heurískõ) or the word εὕρηκα (héurẽka).

   The Lojban apostrophe, pronounced as an /h/, may have been inspired by the Greek spiritus asper.

Translations

diacritic mark in Ancient Greek

German: Spiritus asper (de) m.

Synonyms

• dasia, dasy pneuma

See also

• spiritus lenis

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Latin

Etymology

From spīritus 'breath, breathing' + asper 'rough, harsh'

Noun

spīritus asper (genitive spīritūs asprī); m, fourth declension

1. spiritus asper