ἄσωτος
Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /á.sɔː.tos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈa.so.tos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈa.so.tos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈa.so.tos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈa.so.tos/
Etymology
Verbal adjective of ἀ- (a-, “not”) + σῴζω (sṓizō, “save”)
Adjective
ἄσωτος • (ásōtos) m (feminine ἀσώτη, neuter ἄσωτον); first/second declension
- (literally) not saved, abandoned
- debauched, dissolute
- profligate, spendthrift
- (+ dative) bringing ruin upon
Inflection
First and second declension of ἄσωτος; ἀσώτη; ἄσωτον (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | ἄσωτος ásōtos | ἀσώτη asṓtē | ἄσωτον ásōton | ἀσώτω asṓtō | ἀσώτᾱ asṓtā | ἀσώτω asṓtō | ἄσωτοι ásōtoi | ἄσωται ásōtai | ἄσωτᾰ ásōta | |||||
Genitive | ἀσώτου asṓtou | ἀσώτης asṓtēs | ἀσώτου asṓtou | ἀσώτοιν asṓtoin | ἀσώταιν asṓtain | ἀσώτοιν asṓtoin | ἀσώτων asṓtōn | ἀσώτων asṓtōn | ἀσώτων asṓtōn | |||||
Dative | ἀσώτῳ asṓtōi | ἀσώτῃ asṓtēi | ἀσώτῳ asṓtōi | ἀσώτοιν asṓtoin | ἀσώταιν asṓtain | ἀσώτοιν asṓtoin | ἀσώτοις asṓtois | ἀσώταις asṓtais | ἀσώτοις asṓtois | |||||
Accusative | ἄσωτον ásōton | ἀσώτην asṓtēn | ἄσωτον ásōton | ἀσώτω asṓtō | ἀσώτᾱ asṓtā | ἀσώτω asṓtō | ἀσώτους asṓtous | ἀσώτᾱς asṓtās | ἄσωτᾰ ásōta | |||||
Vocative | ἄσωτε ásōte | ἀσώτη asṓtē | ἄσωτον ásōton | ἀσώτω asṓtō | ἀσώτᾱ asṓtā | ἀσώτω asṓtō | ἄσωτοι ásōtoi | ἄσωται ásōtai | ἄσωτᾰ ásōta | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ἀσώτως asṓtōs | ἀσωτότερος asōtóteros | ἀσωτότᾰτος asōtótatos | ||||||||||||
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Synonyms
- ἄσωστος (ásōstos) (only in literal sense)
Descendants
- Greek: άσωτος (ásotos)
References
- ἄσωτος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἄσωτος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἄσωτος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἄσωτος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2019)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- extravagant idem, page 297.
- improvident idem, page 425.
- lavish idem, page 479.
- prodigal idem, page 644.
- profuse idem, page 653.
- spend-thrift idem, page 801.
- thriftless idem, page 870.
- unsparing idem, page 932.
- unthrifty idem, page 934.
- wasteful idem, page 965.