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PRONUNCIATION OF ASCLEPIAD

asclepiad  [əˈskliːpɪæd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ASCLEPIAD

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Asclepiad is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ASCLEPIAD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Asclepiad

Asclepiad may refer to: ▪ A plant of the former family Asclepiadoideae ▪ An Asclepiad, a type of metrical line used in lyric poetry ▪ An Asclepiad, an ancient Greek title of uncertain profession, most likely a physician or healing priest ▪ The Asclepiad, a periodical published by Benjamin Ward Richardson, 1861, 1884–1895...

Definition of asclepiad in the English dictionary

The definition of asclepiad in the dictionary is a plant that belongs to the class Asclepiadaceae.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ASCLEPIAD


colubriad
kəˈljuːbrɪæd
dyad
ˈdaɪæd
eliad
ˈelɪæd
gesneriad
dʒesˈnɪərɪæd
gwiniad
ˈɡwɪnɪæd
mediad
ˈmiːdɪæd
mesiad
ˈmiːzɪæd
naiad
ˈnaɪæd
Omayyad
əʊˈmaɪæd
Ommiad
əʊˈmaɪæd
quinquenniad
kwɪŋˈkwenɪæd
spayad
ˈspeɪæd
triad
ˈtraɪæd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ASCLEPIAD

ascidian
ascidian tadpole
ascidiate
ascidium
ASCII
ASCII file
ascites
ascitic
ascitical
ascititious
asclepiadaceous
Asclepiadean
asclepias
Asclepius
ascocarp
ascocarpic
ascogonia
ascogonium
Ascoli Piceno
ascomycete

WORDS THAT END LIKE ASCLEPIAD

ad
ahead
bad
bromeliad
cad
chiliad
dad
dead
download
glad
gwyniad
had
head
Hyderabad
Iliad
instead
jeremiad
myriad
Olympiad
pleiad

Synonyms and antonyms of asclepiad in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «asclepiad» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ASCLEPIAD

Find out the translation of asclepiad to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of asclepiad from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «asclepiad» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

asclepiad
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Esculapio
570 millions of speakers

English

asclepiad
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

asclepiad
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

asclepiad
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

asclepiad
278 millions of speakers

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asclepiad
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

asclepiad
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

asclepiad
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Asclepiad
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

asclepiad
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

asclepiad
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

아스 클레 피아드
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Asclepiad
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

asclepiad
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

asclepiad
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अस्क्लपिआड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ipekotu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Asclepiad
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

asclepiad
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

asclepiad
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

asclepiad
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Ασκληπιού
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

asclepiad
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

asklepiaden
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

asclepiad
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of asclepiad

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ASCLEPIAD»

The term «asclepiad» is used very little and occupies the 162.269 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ASCLEPIAD» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about asclepiad

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ASCLEPIAD»

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The Asclepiad
TO THE ELEVENTH VOLUME OF THE " ASCLEPIAD.' HPHE eleventh volume of the Asclepiad resembles its predecessors, except that the parts of it have been issued at rather longer intervals of time. The fact is, that during its preparation ...
Sir Benjamin Ward Richardson, 1895
2
Latin Literature
(adonean) Third asclepiad : --- ^w-|wy (glyconic) --- ww — ww-lw^ (lesser asclepiad) Fourth asclepiad: --- ww ... ww-lwy (glyconic) (the First and Second asclepiad consist, respectively, of the lesser and greater asclepiad only; the latter  ...
E. J. Kenney, 1982
3
Carmina
We may now look in more detail at the metrical schemes of the odes in the first bookf"9 We begin with those constructed out of the asclepiad and its briefer partners, the glyconic and the pherecratean. The asclepiad consists of the 'base' ( two ...
Horace, Roland Mayer, 2012
4
Odes and Epodes
(a) Ftrsf Asclepiad (1.I; 1II.30; IV.8). A series of Asclepiad lines. (b) Second Asclepiad (1.3,13,19,36; I11.9,15,19,24,25,28; IV. 1,3). A quatrain of alternating Glyconics and Asclepi- ads. (c) Third Asclepiad (1.6,15,24,33; II.12; IH.10,16; IV.5 , 12).
Horace, Niall Rudd, 2004
5
A Guide to Latin Meter and Verse Composition
where the repetition of c, i, and l sounds reinforces the effect: unde loquaces / lymphae desiliunt tuaeJ6 The Fourth Asclepiad: The Fourth Asclepiad, Horace's favorite, is traditionally classified as a strophic meter because major sense breaks ...
David J. Califf, 2002
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Eighteenth-century Russia: Society, Culture, Economy : ...
The metrical schemes of the asclepiad may be presented as follows: First (or lesser) asclepiad The line consists of a spondee, two choriambs and an iamb or a pyrrhic. There is a caesura after the first choriamb The verse lines of poems in this ...
Roger P. Bartlett, Gabriela Lehmann-Carli, 2007
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The Cambridge History of Classical Literature: Volume 2, ...
(three times) (adonean) (glyconic) (lesser asclepiad) (lesser asclepiad, three times) (glyconic) (lesser asclepiad, twice) ... (glyconic) (the First and Second asclepiad consist, respectively, of the lesser and greater asclepiad only; the latter  ...
E. J. Kenney, W. V. Clausen, 1983
8
Technology and Science in Ancient Civilizations
Asclepiad medicine developed in Greece rather differently than priestly medicine elsewhere in the ancient world. Unlike the case elsewhere, patients typically had to travel to an Asclepiad temple to be treated, though eventually this did not ...
Richard G. Olson, 2009
9
Horace in His Odes: Introduction, Text, Notes, Vocabulary
Example: rectíus vïves, ||Lïanï, neque altum sëmpër urgëndô|| ñeque, dum procëHIs cäutüs horrëscïs| |штУйт prëmëndô lîtus ïnïquum (С) ASCLEPIAD SYSTEMS named after the Hellenistic poet Asclepiades of Samos. Four types of line are ...
J. A. Harrison, 1988
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The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics
The asclepiad line form shown at the end of the first sentence above is known as the lesser asclepiad; the greater asclepiad (there seems to be no ancient evidence for this term) adds a third choriamb: –   – –   – –   –  –. The greater ...
Roland Greene, Stephen Cushman, Clare Cavanagh, 2012

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ASCLEPIAD»

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Hippocrates Didn't Write The Oath, So Why Is He The Father Of …
He was an “Asclepiad” – which could mean one of a family claiming descent from the god of medicine, Asklepios, or just a “healer”. But it is not ... «Science 2.0, Oct 14»
2
Hippocrates didn't write the Oath, so why is he the father of medicine?
He was an “Asclepiad” – which could mean one of a family claiming descent from the god of medicine, Asklepios, or just a “healer”. But it is not ... «The Conversation UK, Oct 14»
3
On Hippocrates, Galen and the nature of ancient medicine
... the Phaedrus we learn that Hippocrates and Socrates were of the same generation, that he was a native of Cos, and an Asclepiad, a follower, ... «RenewAmerica, May 14»
4
Carol Bradford: Milkweeds can be good or bad
There are good milkweeds and bad milkweeds. They belong to the asclepiad family. Some are native to the Northeastern United States and ... «Syracuse.com, Sep 11»

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