asclepias

See also: Asclepias

English

Noun

asclepias (plural asclepiases)

Any plant of the genus Asclepias.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀσκληπιάς (asklēpiás).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /asˈkleː.pi.as/, [äs̠ˈkɫ̪eːpiäs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /asˈkle.pi.as/, [äsˈklɛːpiäs]

Noun

asclēpias f (genitive asclēpiadis); third declension

the white swallow-wort (Vincetoxicum hirundinaria)
- c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 27.18.35

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	asclēpias	asclēpiadēs
Genitive	asclēpiadis	asclēpiadum
Dative	asclēpiadī	asclēpiadibus
Accusative	asclēpiadem	asclēpiadēs
Ablative	asclēpiade	asclēpiadibus
Vocative	asclēpias	asclēpiadēs

References

“asclepias”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
asclepias in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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