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Asclepiades

/æs.kləˈpaɪ.ə.diːz/

Asclepiades is the alternative form of Asclepiad.

Meaning of Asclepiad

Noun (1)

Asclepiad (plural Asclepiads)

  1. (Greek) Any one of the children of Asclepius and Epione (or Aristodama).
    • […] Epione, his wife, bore the two Asclepiads, Podaleirius and Machaon.1963, Greek Mythology, page 123
  2. (Ancient Greece) A member of one of the families that claimed descent from Asclepius, known as physicians or healers.

Noun (2)

Asclepiad (plural Asclepiads)

  1. A choriambic verse consisting of four metrical feet: a spondee, two choriambi, and an iambus. First used by the ancient Greek poet Asclepiades of Samos.

Noun (3)

Asclepiad (plural Asclepiads)

  1. Any member of the Asclepiadaceae.

Proper noun

Asclepiades

  1. A male given name of historical usage

Forms of Asclepiades

pluralAsclepiadae
pluralAsclepiades

Origin of Asclepiades

Borrowed from Latin Asclēpiadēs, from Ancient Greek Ἀσκληπιάδης (Asklēpiádēs).

Questions about Asclepiades

What does Asclepiades mean?
Asclepiades means a male given name of historical usage.
What is Asclepiades the alternative form of?
Asclepiades is the alternative form of Asclepiad.
What part of speech is Asclepiades?
Asclepiades is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Asclepiades?
Asclepiades is pronounced /æs.kləˈpaɪ.ə.diːz/.

Words near Asclepiades in the dictionary

  1. asclepiad
  2. asclepiadaceous
  3. Asclepiadae
  4. Asclepiadean
  5. asclepiadeous
  6. Asclepiades
  7. Asclepiadic
  8. asclepiadology
  9. Asclepiads
  10. Asclepian
  11. asclepias

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Asclepiades (page history and authors); Asclepiad (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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