ἄσις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Unknown. The comparison with Sanskrit असित (asita, “dark, black”) presupposes that the -σ- in this word was preserved after *-n̥-. Nikolaev pleads for a reconstruction *h₂nsi- for these words, but there is no compelling evidence for h₂-. Compared also to Hittite ḫanzana- (“black”). However, the etymology is still uncertain.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /á.sis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈa.sis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈa.sis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈa.sis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈa.sis/
Noun
ἄσῐς • (ásis) f (genitive ἄσῐος); third declension
- mud, slime
- Synonyms: ἰλύς (ilús), ὗλις (hûlis)
Inflection
Third declension of ἡ ᾰ̓́σῐς; τῆς ᾰ̓́σῐος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ᾰ̓́σῐς hē ásis | τὼ ᾰ̓́σῐε tṑ ásie | αἱ ᾰ̓́σῐες hai ásies | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ᾰ̓́σῐος tês ásios | τοῖν ᾰ̓σῐ́οιν toîn asíoin | τῶν ᾰ̓σῐ́ων tôn asíōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ᾰ̓́σῑ têi ásī | ᾰ̓σῐ́οιν asíoin | ταῖς ᾰ̓́σῐσῐ / ᾰ̓́σῐσῐν taîs ásisi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ᾰ̓́σῐν tḕn ásin | ᾰ̓́σῐε ásie | τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓́σῑς / ᾰ̓́σῐᾰς tā̀s ásīs / ásias | ||||||||||
Vocative | ᾰ̓́σῐ ási | ᾰ̓́σῐε ásie | ᾰ̓́σῐες ásies | ||||||||||
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References
- ἄσις in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἄσις in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἄσις in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἄσις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἄσις in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἄσις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2020)
- 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