ἀσύνετος

ἀσύνετος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-, not) +‎ σῠνετός (sunetós, “sagacious, intelligent”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.sý.ne.tos/ → /aˈsy.ne.tos/ → /aˈsi.ne.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.sý.ne.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈsy.ne.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈsy.ne.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈsy.ne.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈsi.ne.tos/

Adjective

ἀσῠ́νετος • (asúnetos) m or f (neuter ἀσῠ́νετον); second declension

1. void of understanding, witless

   Synonyms: ἀνόητος (anóētos), βεβρός (bebrós), βλᾰ́ξ (bláx)

2. not able to understand
3. not to be understood, unintelligible

Declension

Second declension of ἀσῠ́νετος; ἀσῠ́νετον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἀσῠ́νετος asúnetos	ἀσῠ́νετον asúneton		ἀσῠνέτω asunétō	ἀσῠνέτω asunétō		ἀσῠ́νετοι asúnetoi	ἀσῠ́νετᾰ asúneta
Genitive		ἀσῠνέτου asunétou	ἀσῠνέτου asunétou		ἀσῠνέτοιν asunétoin	ἀσῠνέτοιν asunétoin		ἀσῠνέτων asunétōn	ἀσῠνέτων asunétōn
Dative		ἀσῠνέτῳ asunétōi	ἀσῠνέτῳ asunétōi		ἀσῠνέτοιν asunétoin	ἀσῠνέτοιν asunétoin		ἀσῠνέτοις asunétois	ἀσῠνέτοις asunétois
Accusative		ἀσῠ́νετον asúneton	ἀσῠ́νετον asúneton		ἀσῠνέτω asunétō	ἀσῠνέτω asunétō		ἀσῠνέτους asunétous	ἀσῠ́νετᾰ asúneta
Vocative		ἀσῠ́νετε asúnete	ἀσῠ́νετον asúneton		ἀσῠνέτω asunétō	ἀσῠνέτω asunétō		ἀσῠ́νετοι asúnetoi	ἀσῠ́νετᾰ asúneta
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἀσῠνέτως asunétōs			ἀσῠνετώτερος asunetṓteros			ἀσῠνετώτᾰτος asunetṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀσῠνεσῐ́ᾱ (asunesíā)
• ἀσῠνετῐ́ζομαι (asunetízomai)
• ἀσῠνετοποιός (asunetopoiós)

 

Further reading

• “ἀσύνετος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀσύνετος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀσύνετος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀσύνετος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)