Ἀσκληπίδης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Ἀσκληπιάδης (Asklēpiádēs) (prose)

Etymology

Ἀσκληπιός (Asklēpiós, “Asclepius”) +‎ -ίδης (-ídēs)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /as.klɛː.pí.dɛːs/ → /as.kliˈpi.ðis/ → /as.kliˈpi.ðis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /as.klɛː.pí.dɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /as.kle̝ˈpi.de̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /as.kliˈpi.ðis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /as.kliˈpi.ðis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /as.kliˈpi.ðis/

Proper noun

Ἀσκληπίδης • (Asklēpídēs) m (genitive Ἀσκληπίδου); first declension

1. a child of Asclepius

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Ἀσκληπῐ́δης; τοῦ Ἀσκληπῐ́δου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Ἀσκληπῐ́δης ho Asklēpĭ́dēs	τὼ Ἀσκληπῐ́δᾱ tṑ Asklēpĭ́dā	οἱ Ἀσκληπῐ́δαι hoi Asklēpĭ́dai
Genitive	τοῦ Ἀσκληπῐ́δου toû Asklēpĭ́dou	τοῖν Ἀσκληπῐ́δαιν toîn Asklēpĭ́dain	τῶν Ἀσκληπῐδῶν tôn Asklēpĭdôn
Dative	τῷ Ἀσκληπῐ́δῃ tōî Asklēpĭ́dēi	τοῖν Ἀσκληπῐ́δαιν toîn Asklēpĭ́dain	τοῖς Ἀσκληπῐ́δαις toîs Asklēpĭ́dais
Accusative	τὸν Ἀσκληπῐ́δην tòn Asklēpĭ́dēn	τὼ Ἀσκληπῐ́δᾱ tṑ Asklēpĭ́dā	τοὺς Ἀσκληπῐ́δᾱς toùs Asklēpĭ́dās
Vocative	Ἀσκληπῐ́δη Asklēpĭ́dē	Ἀσκληπῐ́δᾱ Asklēpĭ́dā	Ἀσκληπῐ́δαι Asklēpĭ́dai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Ασκληπίδης (Asklipídis)
  • plural: Ασκληπίδες (Asklipídes)
• → Latin: Asclēpidēs (plural Asclēpidae)

Further reading

• Ἀσκληπίδης in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2026)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,002