iaspisとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

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

発音

• (Classical Latin) IPA: [ˈjas.pɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: [ˈjas.pis]

名詞

iaspis f (genitive iaspidis); third declension

1. jasper, a precious stone
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.261–262:

     [...] atque illī stēllātus iaspide fulvā / ēnsis erat [...].

     And [Mercury saw] that [Aeneas’s] sword was starred with tawny jasper [...].

語形変化

Third-declension noun.

派生語

• iaspideus, jaspideus

派生した語

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