Ascra

Ascra

English

Proper noun

Ascra

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

Translations

ancient town in Boeotia

Portuguese: Ascra f

Anagrams

• ACARS, Arcas, ascar, sacar, sacra

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἄσκρα (Áskra).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈas.kra/

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