aspe

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /asp/

Noun

aspe m (plural aspes)

1. asp (fish)

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Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈas.pe/, [ˈäs̪pe̞]
• Hyphenation: à‧spe

Noun

aspe m (plural aspi) (poetic)

1. asp (venomous snake)

   Synonym: aspide

   • 1516, Ludovico Ariosto, Orlando Furioso‎^[1], Venice: Printed by Gabriel Giolito, published 1551, Canto XVIII, page 76:

     A quello annuncio entrò la Geloſia ¶ Fredda, come aſpe, & abbracciò coſtui.

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

Related terms

• aspide

References

• Template:R:DIO

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• hespe, asp

Etymology

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

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 2019-01-19.

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Spanish

Verb

aspe

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of aspar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of aspar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of aspar.
4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of aspar.