Aesculapius

English

Alternative forms

Esculapius

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Aesculāpius.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˌiːskjʊˈleɪpɪəs/

Proper noun

Aesculapius

(Roman mythology) The god of medicine and healing. Greek counterpart: Asclepius.

Derived terms

Aesculapian

Translations

Roman god

Greek: Ασκληπιός (el) m (Asklipiós)
Ancient: Ἀσκληπιός m (Asklēpiós)
Italian: Esculapio m, Asclepio m
Latin: Aesculāpius (la) m
Polish: Eskulap (pl) m
Portuguese: Esculápio (pt) m
Russian: Эскула́п (ru) m (Eskuláp)
Sicilian: Isculàpiu m
Spanish: Esculapio
Turkish: Asklepios

Latin

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἀσκληπιός (Asklēpiós).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ae̯s.kʊˈɫaː.pi.ʊs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [es.kuˈlaː.pi.us]

Proper noun

Aesculāpius m sg (genitive Aesculāpiī or Aesculāpī); second declension

(Roman mythology) Asclepius
- 70 BCE, Cicero, In Verrem 4.127:
  signum Paeanis ex aede Aesculapi praeclare factum, sacrum ac religiosum, non sustulisti?
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declensions

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Aesculāpius
genitive	Aesculāpiī Aesculāpī¹
dative	Aesculāpiō
accusative	Aesculāpium
ablative	Aesculāpiō
vocative	Aesculāpī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).