spiritus asper

See also: Spiritus asper

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin spīritus asper; literally, 'rough breath'

Noun

spiritus asper (plural spiritus aspers)

1. (orthography) A diacritic mark in Ancient Greek used to indicate aspiration of an initial vowel or rho.

   The spiritus asper mark looks like an opening single quote, as in the word εὑρίσκω (heurískõ), the word εὕρηκα (heúrēka), or the word ἕξις (héxis, "habit").

Synonyms

• rough breathing
• dasia, dasy pneuma

Translations

Ancient Greek diacritical mark — see rough breathing

See also

• spiritus lenis

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Latin

Etymology

From spīritus (“breath, breathing”) + asper (“rough, harsh”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈspiː.ri.tus ˈas.per/, [ˈs̠piːrɪt̪ʊs̠ ˈäs̠pɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈspi.ri.tus ˈas.per/, [ˈspiːrit̪us ˈäsper]

Noun

spīritus asper m (genitive spīritūs asperī); fourth declension

1. spiritus asper

Declension

Fourth-declension noun with a second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	spīritus asper	spīritūs asperī
Genitive	spīritūs asperī	spīrituum asperōrum
Dative	spīrituī asperō	spīritibus asperīs
Accusative	spīritum asperum	spīritūs asperōs
Ablative	spīritū asperō	spīritibus asperīs
Vocative	spīritus asper	spīritūs asperī