Ascra

English

Proper noun

Ascra

  1. An ancient town in Boeotia which was the home of the poet Hesiod

Translations

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἄσκρα (Áskra).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Ascra f (genitive Ascrae); first declension

  1. An ancient town in Boeotia which was the home of the poet Hesiod
    • c. 24 BCE, Sextus Propertius, Elegies 2.13.4:
      Amor...iussit et Ascraeum sic habitare nemus.
      Love... ordered me thus to inhabit the groves of Ascra.

Declension

First declension, with locative.

Case Singular
Nominative Ascra
Genitive Ascrae
Dative Ascrae
Accusative Ascram
Ablative Ascrā
Vocative Ascra
Locative Ascrae

Derived terms
  • Ascraeus

References
  • Ascra in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Ascra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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