αἴσυλος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, the overall appearance is Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ǎi̯.sy.los/ → /ˈɛ.sy.los/ → /ˈe.si.los/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ǎi̯.sy.los/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.sy.los/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.sy.los/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.sy.los/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈe.si.los/

Adjective

αἴσῠλος • (aísŭlos) m or f (neuter αἴσῠλον); second declension

1. unseemly, evil, impious

   Antonym: αἴσιμος (aísimos)

Inflection

Second declension of αἴσῠλος; αἴσῠλον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		αἴσῠλος aísŭlos	αἴσῠλον aísŭlon		αἰσῠ́λω aisŭ́lō	αἰσῠ́λω aisŭ́lō		αἴσῠλοι aísŭloi	αἴσῠλᾰ aísŭlă
Genitive		αἰσῠ́λου aisŭ́lou	αἰσῠ́λου aisŭ́lou		αἰσῠ́λοιν aisŭ́loin	αἰσῠ́λοιν aisŭ́loin		αἰσῠ́λων aisŭ́lōn	αἰσῠ́λων aisŭ́lōn
Dative		αἰσῠ́λῳ aisŭ́lōi	αἰσῠ́λῳ aisŭ́lōi		αἰσῠ́λοιν aisŭ́loin	αἰσῠ́λοιν aisŭ́loin		αἰσῠ́λοις aisŭ́lois	αἰσῠ́λοις aisŭ́lois
Accusative		αἴσῠλον aísŭlon	αἴσῠλον aísŭlon		αἰσῠ́λω aisŭ́lō	αἰσῠ́λω aisŭ́lō		αἰσῠ́λους aisŭ́lous	αἴσῠλᾰ aísŭlă
Vocative		αἴσῠλε aísŭle	αἴσῠλον aísŭlon		αἰσῠ́λω aisŭ́lō	αἰσῠ́λω aisŭ́lō		αἴσῠλοι aísŭloi	αἴσῠλᾰ aísŭlă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		αἰσῠ́λως aisŭ́lōs			αἰσῠλώτερος aisŭlṓteros			αἰσῠλώτᾰτος aisŭlṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• αἰσυλία (aisulía)
• αἰσυλόεργος (aisulóergos)
• αἰσυλοεργός (aisuloergós)
• αἰσυλόθρησκος (aisulóthrēskos)
• αἰσυλόμητις (aisulómētis)
• παναίσυλος (panaísulos)

Further reading

• “αἴσυλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “αἴσυλος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• αἴσυλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• αἴσυλος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• αἴσυλος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• 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