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Webster 1913 Edition
Asper
As′per
(ăs′pẽr)
, Adj.
[OE.
aspre
, OF. aspre
, F. âpre
, fr. L. asper
rough.] Rough; rugged; harsh; bitter; stern; fierce.
[Archaic]
“An asper sound.” Bacon.
As′per
(ăs′pẽr)
, Noun.
[L. spiritus
asper
rough breathing.] (Greek Gram.)
The rough breathing; a mark (ʽ) placed over an initial vowel sound or over ρ to show that it is aspirated, that is, pronounced with h before it; thus
‖ὡς
, pronounced hōs
, ῥήτωρ
, pronounced hrā′tōr
. As′per
,Noun.
[F.
aspre
or It. aspro
, fr. MGr. ἄσπρον
, ἄσπρος
, white (prob. from the whiteness of new silver coins).] A Turkish money of account (formerly a coin), of little value; the 120th part of a piaster.
Webster 1828 Edition
Asper
AS'PER
,Adj.
AS'PER
,Noun.
In grammar, the Greek accent, importing that the letter over which it is placed ought to be aspirated, or pronounced as if the letter h preceded it.
AS'PER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
asper
asper
See also: as per
English
Alternative forms
Adjective
asper (comparative more asper, superlative most asper)
Noun
asper (uncountable)
- (phonetics) Rough breathing; a mark (#) indicating that part of a word is aspirated, or pronounced with h before it.
Etymology 2
Middle English, from Middle French aspre or Italian aspro, both from Ancient Greek ἄσπρον (áspron), from neuter of ἄσπρος (áspros, “white”), from Latin asper (“rough, newly minted”)
Alternative forms
Noun
asper (plural aspers)
- (historical) Any one of several small coins, circulated around the eastern Mediterranean area from the 12th to 17th centuries.
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essayes, London: Edward Blount, OCLC 946730821, I.40:
- And for ten Aspers you shall daily finde some amongst them, that will give themselves a deepe gash with a Scimitarie, either in their armes or thighes.
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essayes, London: Edward Blount, OCLC 946730821, I.40:
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
Probably from Proto-Indo-European root *h₂esp- (“to cut”), also present in Ancient Greek ἀσπίς (aspís) and Hittite ḫasp-.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈas.per/, [ˈas.pɛr]
Adjective
asper m (feminine aspera, neuter asperum); first/second declension
Inflection
First/second declension, nominative masculine singular in -er.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | asper | aspera | asperum | asperī | asperae | aspera | |
| genitive | asperī | asperae | asperī | asperōrum | asperārum | asperōrum | |
| dative | asperō | asperō | asperīs | ||||
| accusative | asperum | asperam | asperum | asperōs | asperās | aspera | |
| ablative | asperō | asperā | asperō | asperīs | |||
| vocative | asper | aspera | asperum | asperī | asperae | aspera | |
Descendants
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References
- asper in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- asper in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “asper”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
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(ambiguous) rough and hilly ground: loca aspera et montuosa (Planc. 9. 22)
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(ambiguous) rough and hilly ground: loca aspera et montuosa (Planc. 9. 22)
- asper in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- asper in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray