释义 |
asper I. asper adjective Etymology: Middle English aspre, asper, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French aspre, from Latin asper, literally, rough obsolete : harsh, bitter, stern II. as·per \ˈaspə(r)\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French aspre or Italian aspro, from Middle Greek aspron, from neuter of aspros white, from Latin asper rough, newly minted 1. : any one of several small silver coins circulating in the eastern Mediterranean area from the 12th to the 17th centuries: a. : a coin issued by the Comneni of Trebizond b. : a coin issued by the Knights of Rhodes equivalent to the denier of western Europe c. : a Turkish coin first issued in the 14th century 2. : a Turkish unit of value that continued in use after the disappearance of the Turkish asper at one time equivalent to the 120th part of a piaster |