spiritus asper

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Etymology

From Latin spīritus asper (literally rough breath).

Noun

spiritus asper (plural spiritus aspers)

  1. (orthography) A diacritic mark ( ʻ ) in Ancient Greek used to indicate aspiration of an initial vowel or rho; also used for a similar sound in the Wade–Giles system of romanization for Mandarin Chinese.
    The spiritus asper mark looks like an opening single quote, as in the word εὑρίσκω (heurískõ), the word εὕρηκα (heúrēka), or the word ἕξις (héxis, "habit").
    • 1836 May, “System of Orthography for Chinese words”, in The Chinese Repository, volume V, number I, page 27:
      h, as an aspirate, is very frequent in Chinese ; it is generally a stronger aspirate than in English : in the dialects of the south it is often changed into f, in the north into s, or sh. To mark an aspirate after a consonant, we use the Greek spiritus asper in preference to h.

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Latin

Etymology

From spīritus (breath, breathing) + asper (rough, harsh).

Pronunciation

Noun

spīritus asper m (genitive spīritūs asperī); fourth declension

  1. spiritus asper

Declension

Fourth-declension noun with a second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).

More information singular, plural ...
singular plural
nominative spīritus asper spīritūs asperī
genitive spīritūs asperī spīrituum asperōrum
dative spīrituī asperō spīritibus asperīs
accusative spīritum asperum spīritūs asperōs
ablative spīritū asperō spīritibus asperīs
vocative spīritus asper spīritūs asperī
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