aspe

See also: aspé, ašpë, and ašpë́

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /asp/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Noun

aspe m (plural aspes)

1. (ichthyology) asp (fish)

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈas.pe/
• Rhymes: -aspe
• Hyphenation: à‧spe

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin aspis, from Ancient Greek ἀσπίς (aspís). Doublet of aspide.

Noun

aspe m (plural aspi) (poetic)

1. asp (venomous snake)

   Synonym: aspide

   • 1516–1532, Ludovico Ariosto, “Canto 18”, in Orlando furioso, stanza 33; republished as Santorre Debenedetti, editor, Bari: Laterza, 1928:

     A quello annunzio entrò la Gelosia,
     fredda come aspe, et abbracciò costui.

     With that announcement, Jealousy entered, cold as an asp, and embraced him.

Related terms

• aspide

Further reading

• aspe in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

aspe f

1. plural of aspa

Anagrams

• Pesa, pesa, sape

Middle English

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English æspe, from Proto-West Germanic *aspu, from Proto-Germanic *aspō.

Alternative forms

• asp, hespe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈasp(ə)/, /ˈɛsp(ə)/

Noun

aspe

1. aspen

Related terms

• aspen

Descendants

• English: asp (aspen)
• Scots: esp

References

• “aspe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 19 January 2019.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old French aspe, from Latin aspis. Doublet of aspide, from Latin oblique forms.

Alternative forms

• aspis

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈasp(ə)/

Noun

aspe

1. asp (snake)

   Synonym: aspide

Descendants

• English: asp
• Scots: aisp

Spanish

Verb

aspe

1. inflection of aspar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative