ἄση
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ἄσᾱ (ásā) – Aeolic
Etymology
If the word originally meant "surfeit", then it could derive from ἄω (áō, “to satiate”). Unlikely is the suggestion by Solmsen, who assumed an analogically preserved suffix -σᾱ- from the zero grade root ἀ- < Proto-Indo-European *seh₂-, rejecting a pre-form *sh₂-ti̯-eh₂-. It would be better to posit *(h)ad-s-ā, an old collective from the s-stem in ἅδος (hádos, “satiation”); problematic, however, is the failure of a geminate -σσ- to appear in Aeolic. The simplification to -σ- would be due to epic influence, according to Schwyzer, but all in all, the explanation is not entirely convincing.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /á.sɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈa.se̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈa.si/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈa.si/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈa.si/
Noun
ἄση • (ásē) f (genitive ἄσης); first declension
- surfeit, loathing, nausea
- distress, vexation
- longing, desire
Inflection
First declension of ἡ ἄση; τῆς ἄσης (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ἄση hē ásē | τὼ ἄσᾱ tṑ ásā | αἱ ἄσαι hai ásai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ἄσης tês ásēs | τοῖν ἄσαιν toîn ásain | τῶν ἀσῶν tôn asôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ἄσῃ têi ásēi | τοῖν ἄσαιν toîn ásain | ταῖς ἄσαις taîs ásais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ἄσην tḕn ásēn | τὼ ἄσᾱ tṑ ásā | τᾱ̀ς ἄσᾱς tā̀s ásās | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἄση ásē | ἄσᾱ ásā | ἄσαι ásai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἀσάομαι (asáomai)
- ἀσηρός (asērós)
- ἀσώδης (asṓdēs)
Further reading
- “ἄση”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἄση”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἄση in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἄση in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN