ἄσημον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Neuter form of ἄσημος (ásēmos, “uncoined, without marks”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /á.sɛː.mon/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈa.se̝.mon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈa.si.mon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈa.si.mon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈa.si.mon/
Noun
ἄσημον • (ásēmon) n (genitive ἀσήμου); second declension
- plate, silver
Inflection
Second declension of τὸ ἄσημον; τοῦ ἀσήμου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ ἄσημον tò ásēmon | τὼ ἀσήμω tṑ asḗmō | τᾰ̀ ἄσημᾰ tà ásēma | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἀσήμου toû asḗmou | τοῖν ἀσήμοιν toîn asḗmoin | τῶν ἀσήμων tôn asḗmōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἀσήμῳ tôi asḗmōi | τοῖν ἀσήμοιν toîn asḗmoin | τοῖς ἀσήμοις toîs asḗmois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ ἄσημον tò ásēmon | τὼ ἀσήμω tṑ asḗmō | τᾰ̀ ἄσημᾰ tà ásēma | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἄσημον ásēmon | ἀσήμω asḗmō | ἄσημᾰ ásēma | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἀσήμῐνος (asḗminos)
- ἀσημοκλέπτης (asēmokléptēs)
Descendants
- → Aramaic: סאמא
- → Bactrian: σιμινο (simino)
- Greek: ασήμι (asími)
- → Parthian: hsym (hasēm)
- → Persian: سیم (sēm)
Further reading
- “ἄσημον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἄσημον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἄσημον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)