Aesop

See also: Æsop

English

Alternative forms

Æsop

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Αἴσωπος (Aísōpos).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈiːsɒp/

Proper noun

Aesop

An ancient Greek author, famous for the fables ascribed to him.
- 1912 Constance Garnett (tr.), Fyodor Dostoyevsky The Brothers Karamazov (1880) Book II, chapter 8
  I'll win them by politeness, and... and... show them that I've nothing to do with that Aesop, that buffoon, that Pierrot, and have merely been taken in over this affair, just as they have.

Translations

ancient Greek author

Arabic: إِيسُوب‎ m (ʾisūb)
Armenian: Եզոպոս (Ezopos)
Old Armenian: Եսովպոս (Esovpos)
Belarusian: Эзо́п m (Ezóp)
Bulgarian: Езо́п m (Ezóp)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 伊索 (zh) (Yīsuǒ)
Czech: Ezop m
Danish: Aesop
Finnish: Aisopos (fi)
French: Ésope (fr) m
Middle French: Æsope
German: Äsop (de) m
Greek: Αίσωπος (el) m (Aísopos)
Hindi: ईसप m (īsap)
Hungarian: Aiszóposz
Icelandic: Esóp m
Italian: Esopo m

Japanese: イソップ (Isoppu), アイソーポス (Aisōposu)
Korean: 이솝 (Isop), 아이소포스 (Aisoposeu)
Macedonian: Езоп m (Ezop)
Marathi: ईसाप m (īsāp)
Norwegian: Æsop m
Persian: ازوپ‎ (ezop)
Polish: Ezop (pl) m
Portuguese: Esopo m
Russian: Эзо́п (ru) m (Ezóp)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Езоп m

Roman: Ezop m
Slovak: Ezop m
Spanish: Esopo m
Swedish: Aisopos
Turkish: Ezop
Ukrainian: Езо́п m (Ezóp)
Urdu: ایسپ‎ m (īsap)

Further reading

Aesop on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

paseo, psoae

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