Aesculapius

[es-kyuh-ley-pee-uhs, ee-skuh-]

noun

1. the ancient Roman god of medicine and healing.

Aesculapius

/ ˌiːskjʊˈleɪpɪəs /

noun

1. Greek counterpart: Asclepius. the Roman god of medicine or healing

Example Sentences

A short walk along the Tiber and across the Ponte Fabricio footbridge lands you on Tiber Island, sacred to Aesculapius, the god of healing.

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Pindar is my authority for Aesculapius, whose life he tells in full.

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"He soon became a reformer and fixed his abode in the Temple of Aesculapius."

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He nicknamed the “small, portly” lab worker who briefed him on the chemical effects Aesculapius, after the Greek god of medicine.

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He was a member of the family of the Asclepiadae, and was believed to be either the nineteenth or seventeenth in direct descent from Aesculapius.

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