iaspis

• jaspis

From Ancient Greek ἴασπις (íaspis), ultimately from an oriental, possibly Egyptian, loanword. Cognate of modern Persian یشپ‎ (yašp).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈjas.pis/, [ˈjas.pɪs]

iaspis f (genitive iaspidis); third declension

1. jasper

Third declension.

• iaspideus, jaspideus

• Czech: jaspis
• Old French: jaspe, jaspre
  • Middle French: jaspe
    • French: jaspe
  • Middle English: jaspre, iaspre
    • English: jasper
• Middle High German: jaspis
  • German: Jaspis
• Italian: iaspide
• Portuguese: jaspe
• Old Occitan: jaspi
  • Provençal: jaspi
• Slovene: jaspis
• Spanish: jaspe

• iaspis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• iaspis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• iaspis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• iaspis in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly