Aesculapius

English

Alternative forms

• Esculapius

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Aesculāpius.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌiːskjʊˈleɪpɪəs/

Proper noun

Aesculapius

1. (Roman mythology) The god of medicine and healing. Greek counterpart: Asclepius.

Derived terms

• Aesculapian

Translations

Roman god

• Greek: Ασκληπιός (el) m (Asklipiós)

  Ancient Greek: Ἀσκληπιός m (Asklēpiós)

• Italian: Esculapio m, Asclepio m
• Latin: Aesculāpius (la) m
• Polish: Eskulap (pl) m
• Portuguese: Esculápio (pt) m
• Russian: Эскула́п (ru) m (Eskuláp)
• Sicilian: Isculàpiu m
• Spanish: Esculapio
• Turkish: Asklepios

Latin

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἀσκληπιός (Asklēpiós).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ae̯s.kʊˈɫaː.pi.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [es.kuˈlaː.pi.us]

Proper noun

Aesculāpius m sg (genitive Aesculāpiī or Aesculāpī); second declension

1. (Roman mythology) Asclepius
   • 70 BCE, Cicero, In Verrem 4.127:

     signum Paeanis ex aede Aesculapi praeclare factum, sacrum ac religiosum, non sustulisti?

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Aesculāpius
genitive	Aesculāpiī Aesculāpī1
dative	Aesculāpiō
accusative	Aesculāpium
ablative	Aesculāpiō
vocative	Aesculāpī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).