ἀσαφής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-) +‎ σᾰφής (saphḗs, “clear, distinct”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.sa.pʰɛ̌ːs/ → /a.saˈɸis/ → /a.saˈfis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.sa.pʰɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.saˈpʰe̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.saˈɸis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.saˈfis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.saˈfis/

Adjective

ἀσᾰφής • (asaphḗs) m or f (neuter ἀσᾰφές); third declension

1. indistinct to the senses, dim, faint
2. indistinct to the mind, uncertain, obscure

Declension

Third declension of ἀ̆σᾰφής; ἀ̆σᾰφές (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἀ̆σᾰφής asaphḗs	ἀ̆σᾰφές asaphés		ἀ̆σᾰφεῖ asapheî	ἀ̆σᾰφεῖ asapheî		ἀ̆σᾰφεῖς asapheîs	ἀ̆σᾰφῆ asaphê
Genitive		ἀ̆σᾰφοῦς asaphoûs	ἀ̆σᾰφοῦς asaphoûs		ἀ̆σᾰφοῖν asaphoîn	ἀ̆σᾰφοῖν asaphoîn		ἀ̆σᾰφῶν asaphôn	ἀ̆σᾰφῶν asaphôn
Dative		ἀ̆σᾰφεῖ asapheî	ἀ̆σᾰφεῖ asapheî		ἀ̆σᾰφοῖν asaphoîn	ἀ̆σᾰφοῖν asaphoîn		ἀ̆σᾰφέσῐ / ἀ̆σᾰφέσῐν asaphési(n)	ἀ̆σᾰφέσῐ / ἀ̆σᾰφέσῐν asaphési(n)
Accusative		ἀ̆σᾰφῆ asaphê	ἀ̆σᾰφές asaphés		ἀ̆σᾰφεῖ asapheî	ἀ̆σᾰφεῖ asapheî		ἀ̆σᾰφεῖς asapheîs	ἀ̆σᾰφῆ asaphê
Vocative		ἀ̆σᾰφές asaphés	ἀ̆σᾰφές asaphés		ἀ̆σᾰφεῖ asapheî	ἀ̆σᾰφεῖ asapheî		ἀ̆σᾰφεῖς asapheîs	ἀ̆σᾰφῆ asaphê
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἀ̆σᾰφῶς asaphôs			ἀ̆σᾰφέστερος asaphésteros			ἀ̆σᾰφέστᾰτος asaphéstatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• ἀσᾰ́φειᾰ (asápheia)

Further reading

• “ἀσαφής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀσαφής”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀσαφής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀσαφής in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)