Ascra

English

Proper noun

Ascra

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

Translations

ancient town in Boeotia

Greek:
Ancient: Ἄσκρα f (Áskra)
Portuguese: Ascra f

Anagrams

ACARS, Arcas, Caras, ascar, sacar, sacra

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἄσκρα (Áskra).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈas.kra/, [ˈäs̠krä]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈas.kra/, [ˈäskrä]

Proper noun

Ascra f sg (genitive Ascrae); first declension

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.

Case	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.

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