Aesop

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Æsop

An Ancient Greek author, famous for the fables ascribed to him.
I'll win them by politeness, and... and... show them that I've nothing to do with that Aesop, that buffoon, that Pierrot, and have merely been taken in over this affair, just as they have.
1912, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, translated by Constance Garnett, The Brothers Karamazov, published 1880, Book II, chapter 8

Origin

Ancient GreekΑἴσωπος
EnglishAesop

From Ancient Greek Αἴσωπος (Aísōpos).

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Translations

Ancient Greek Αἴσωπος

Αἴσωπος (Aísōpos)ancient Greek author

Arabic عَيْسُوب, إِيسُوب

عَيْسُوب (ʕaysūb)ancient Greek author
إِيسُوب (ʔīsūb)ancient Greek author

Bengali ঈসপ

ঈসপ (iśop)ancient Greek author

Bulgarian Езо́п

Езо́п (Ezóp)ancient Greek author

Catalan Isop

Isopancient Greek author

Chinese Mandarin 伊索

伊索 (Yīsuǒ)ancient Greek author

Czech Ezop

Ezopancient Greek author

Danish Æsop

Æsopancient Greek author

Finnish Aisopos

Aisoposancient Greek author

French Ésope

Ésopeancient Greek author

German Äsop

Äsopancient Greek author

Greek Αίσωπος

Αίσωπος (Aísopos)ancient Greek author

Hindi ईसप

ईसप (īsap)ancient Greek author

Hungarian Aiszóposz, Ezópus

Aiszóposzancient Greek author
Ezópusancient Greek author

Icelandic Esóp

Esópancient Greek author

Italian Esopo

Esopoancient Greek author

Japanese イソップ, アイソーポス

イソップ (Isoppu)ancient Greek author
アイソーポス (Aisōposu)ancient Greek author

Korean 이솝, 아이소포스

이솝 (Isop)ancient Greek author
아이소포스 (Aisoposeu)ancient Greek author

Latin Aesōpus

Aesōpusancient Greek author

Norwegian Bokmål Æsop

Æsopancient Greek author

Persian ازوپ

ازوپ (ezop)ancient Greek author

Polish Ezop

Ezopancient Greek author

Portuguese Esopo

Esopoancient Greek author

Romanian Esop

Esopancient Greek author

Russian Эзо́п

Эзо́п (Ezóp)ancient Greek author

Slovak Ezop

Ezopancient Greek author

Spanish Esopo

Esopoancient Greek author

Swedish Aisopos

Aisoposancient Greek author

Thai อีสป

อีสปancient Greek author

Turkish Ezop

Ezopancient Greek author

Ukrainian Езо́п

Езо́п (Ezóp)ancient Greek author

Urdu ایسپ

ایسپ (īsap)ancient Greek author

Rhymes & wordplay

Sounds the same

ESOP

Anagrams

paseo

Cite this entry

APA

Aesop. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Aesop

MLA

“Aesop.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Aesop. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Aesop,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Aesop.

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