iaspis

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἴασπις (íaspis), ultimately from an unknown oriental, possibly Egyptian, loanword. Cognate of modern Persian یشپ (yašp).

Pronunciation

Noun

iaspis f (genitive iaspidis); third declension

  1. jasper, a precious stone
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.261–262:
      [...] atque illī stēllātus iaspide fulvā / ēnsis erat [...].
      And [Mercury saw] that [Aeneas’s] sword was starred with tawny jasper [...].

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative iaspis iaspidēs
Genitive iaspidis iaspidum
Dative iaspidī iaspidibus
Accusative iaspidem iaspidēs
Ablative iaspide iaspidibus
Vocative iaspis iaspidēs

Derived terms
  • Catalan: jaspi
  • → Czech: jaspis
  • Old French: jaspe, jaspre
    • Middle French: jaspe
    • → Middle English: jaspre, iaspre
  • → Middle High German: jaspis
    • German: Jaspis
      • → Russian: а́спид (áspid) (slate)[1]
  • Italian: iaspide
  • → Polish: jaspis
  • Portuguese: jaspe
  • Old Occitan: jaspi
  • → Slovene: jaspis
  • Spanish: jaspe

References

  • “iaspis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “iaspis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • iaspis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “iaspis”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  1. https://dic.academic.ru/dic.nsf/vasmer/36378
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