Ascra

English

Proper noun

Ascra

1. An ancient town in Boeotia which was the home of the poet Hesiod

Translations

ancient town in Boeotia

• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: Ἄσκρα f (Áskra)

• Portuguese: Ascra f

Anagrams

• Casar, ascar, ascar-, ACARS, Caras, sacra, SAARC, Arcas, sacar

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἄσκρα (Áskra).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈas.kra]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈas.kra]

Proper noun

Ascra f sg (genitive Ascrae); first declension

1. An ancient town in Boeotia which was the home of the poet Hesiod
   • c. 24 BCE, Sextus Propertius, Elegies 2.13.4:

     Amor...iussit et Ascraeum sic habitare nemus.

     Love... ordered me thus to inhabit the groves of Ascra.

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Ascra
genitive	Ascrae
dative	Ascrae
accusative	Ascram
ablative	Ascrā
vocative	Ascra
locative	Ascrae

Derived terms

• Ascraeus

References

• “Ascra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Ascra”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.