Ascra

English

Proper noun

Ascra

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

Translations

ancient town in Boeotia

• Greek:

  Ancient: Ἄσκρα f (Áskra)

• Portuguese: Ascra f

Anagrams

• ACARS, Arcas, Caras, ascar, sacar, sacra

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἄσκρα (Áskra).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈas.kra/, [ˈäs̠krä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈas.kra/, [ˈäskrä]

Proper noun

Ascra f sg (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 noun, with locative, singular only.

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.