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Asclepiad en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /əˈskliː.pi.æd/

Etymology

From Latin Asclēpiadēs, from Ancient Greek Ἀσκληπιάδης (Asklēpiádēs).

Meanings

1. (Greek) Any one of the children of Asclepius and Epione (or Aristodama).
   • […] Epione, his wife, bore the two Asclepiads, Podaleirius and Machaon. 1963, Greek Mythology, page 123:
2. (qualifier:Ancient Greece) A member of one of the families that claimed descent from Asclepius, known as physicians or healers.

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Asclepiades · Asclepiades

Translations (1)

fr Asclépiade (child of Asclepius)

Asclepiad en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /əˈskliː.pi.æd/

Etymology

From Latin Asclēpiadēus, from Ancient Greek Ἀσκληπιάδειος (Asklēpiádeios), from Ἀσκληπιάδης (Asklēpiádēs) + -ειος (-eios).

Meanings

1. A choriambic verse consisting of four metrical feet: a spondee, two choriambi, and an iambus. First used by the ancient Greek poet Asclepiades of Samos.

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Relateds

Asclepiadean

Translations (1)

fr asclépiade (verse)

Asclepiad en · NOUN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

• /əˈskliː.pi.æd/

Etymology

From Asclepiad-, the stem of the taxonomic name Asclepias, from Latin asclēpias (stem: asclēpiad-), from Ancient Greek ἀσκληπιάς (asklēpiás) (stem: ἀσκληπιάδ- (asklēpiád-)).

Meanings

1. Any member of the Asclepiadaceae.

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