asper
Erscheinungsbild
Probably from a Proto-Indo-European *h₂esp- (“to cut”), also present in Ancient Greek ἀσπίς (aspís, “shield”) and Hittite [script needed] (ḫasp-, “to cut down”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈas.per/, [ˈäs̠pɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈas.per/, [ˈäsper]
Adjective
asper (feminine aspera, neuter asperum, comparative asperior, superlative asperrimus, adverb asperē); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)
Declension
First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | asper | aspera | asperum | asperī | asperae | aspera | |
| Genitive | asperī | asperae | asperī | asperōrum | asperārum | asperōrum | |
| Dative | asperō | asperō | asperīs | ||||
| Accusative | asperum | asperam | asperum | asperōs | asperās | aspera | |
| Ablative | asperō | asperā | asperō | asperīs | |||
| Vocative | asper | aspera | asperum | asperī | asperae | aspera | |