Ἀσκληπιάδης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Ἀσκληπίδης (Asklēpídēs) (verse)

Etymology

From Ἀσκληπιός (Asklēpiós, “Asclepius”) +‎ -αδης (-adēs)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /as.klɛː.pi.á.dɛːs/ → /as.kli.piˈa.ðis/ → /as.kli.piˈa.ðis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /as.klɛː.pi.á.dɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /as.kle̝.piˈa.de̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /as.kli.piˈa.ðis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /as.kli.piˈa.ðis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /as.kli.piˈa.ðis/

Proper noun

Ἀσκληπιάδης • (Asklēpiádēs) m (genitive Ἀσκληπιάδου); first declension

1. a child of Asclepius; an Asclepiad
2. Asclepiad

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Ἀσκληπιᾰ́δης; τοῦ Ἀσκληπιᾰ́δου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Ἀσκληπιᾰ́δης ho Asklēpiádēs	τὼ Ἀσκληπιᾰ́δᾱ tṑ Asklēpiádā	οἱ Ἀσκληπιᾰ́δαι hoi Asklēpiádai
Genitive	τοῦ Ἀσκληπιᾰ́δου toû Asklēpiádou	τοῖν Ἀσκληπιᾰ́δαιν toîn Asklēpiádain	τῶν Ἀσκληπιᾰδῶν tôn Asklēpiadôn
Dative	τῷ Ἀσκληπιᾰ́δῃ tôi Asklēpiádēi	τοῖν Ἀσκληπιᾰ́δαιν toîn Asklēpiádain	τοῖς Ἀσκληπιᾰ́δαις toîs Asklēpiádais
Accusative	τὸν Ἀσκληπιᾰ́δην tòn Asklēpiádēn	τὼ Ἀσκληπιᾰ́δᾱ tṑ Asklēpiádā	τοὺς Ἀσκληπιᾰ́δᾱς toùs Asklēpiádās
Vocative	Ἀσκληπιᾰ́δη Asklēpiádē	Ἀσκληπιᾰ́δᾱ Asklēpiádā	Ἀσκληπιᾰ́δαι Asklēpiádai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

First declension of Ἀσκληπιᾰ́δης; Ἀσκληπιᾰ́δᾱο (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	Ἀσκληπιᾰ́δης Asklēpiádēs	Ἀσκληπιᾰ́δᾱ Asklēpiádā	Ἀσκληπιᾰ́δαι Asklēpiádai
Genitive	Ἀσκληπιᾰ́δᾱο / Ἀσκληπιᾰ́δε͜ω / Ἀσκληπιᾰ́δω Asklēpiádāo / Asklēpiáde͜ō / Asklēpiádō	Ἀσκληπιᾰ́δαιν / Ἀσκληπιᾰ́δαιῐν / Ἀσκληπιᾰ́δῃῐν Asklēpiádai(i)n / Asklēpiádēiin	Ἀσκληπιᾰδᾱ́ων / Ἀσκληπιᾰδέ͜ων / Ἀσκληπιᾰδῶν Asklēpiadā́ōn / Asklēpiadé͜ōn / Asklēpiadôn
Dative	Ἀσκληπιᾰ́δῃ Asklēpiádēi	Ἀσκληπιᾰ́δαιν / Ἀσκληπιᾰ́δαιῐν / Ἀσκληπιᾰ́δῃῐν Asklēpiádai(i)n / Asklēpiádēiin	Ἀσκληπιᾰ́δῃσῐ / Ἀσκληπιᾰ́δῃσῐν / Ἀσκληπιᾰ́δῃς / Ἀσκληπιᾰ́δαις Asklēpiádēisi(n) / Asklēpiádēis / Asklēpiádais
Accusative	Ἀσκληπιᾰ́δην Asklēpiádēn	Ἀσκληπιᾰ́δᾱ Asklēpiádā	Ἀσκληπιᾰ́δᾱς Asklēpiádās
Vocative	Ἀσκληπιᾰ́δη Asklēpiádē	Ἀσκληπιᾰ́δᾱ Asklēpiádā	Ἀσκληπιᾰ́δαι Asklēpiádai
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Descendants

• → English: Asclepiad
• Greek: Ασκληπιάδης (Asklipiádis)
  • plural: Ασκληπιάδες (Asklipiádes)
• Latin: Asclēpiadēs (plural Asclēpiadae)

Further reading

• “Ἀσκληπιάδης”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Ἀσκληπιάδης in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,002