ἀσωτία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ᾰ̓́σωτος (ắsōtos, “having no hope of safety”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.sɔː.tí.aː/ → /a.soˈti.a/ → /a.soˈti.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.sɔː.tí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.soˈti.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.soˈti.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.soˈti.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.soˈti.a/

Noun

ᾰ̓σωτῐ́ᾱ • (ăsōtĭ́ā) f (genitive ᾰ̓σωτῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. prodigality, profligacy

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ᾰ̓σωτῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ᾰ̓σωτῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̓σωτῐ́ᾱ hē ăsōtĭ́ā	τὼ ᾰ̓σωτῐ́ᾱ tṑ ăsōtĭ́ā	αἱ ᾰ̓σωτῐ́αι hai ăsōtĭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓σωτῐ́ᾱς tês ăsōtĭ́ās	τοῖν ᾰ̓σωτῐ́αιν toîn ăsōtĭ́ain	τῶν ᾰ̓σωτῐῶν tôn ăsōtĭôn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓σωτῐ́ᾳ têi ăsōtĭ́āi	τοῖν ᾰ̓σωτῐ́αιν toîn ăsōtĭ́ain	ταῖς ᾰ̓σωτῐ́αις taîs ăsōtĭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓σωτῐ́ᾱν tḕn ăsōtĭ́ān	τὼ ᾰ̓σωτῐ́ᾱ tṑ ăsōtĭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓σωτῐ́ᾱς tā̀s ăsōtĭ́ās
Vocative	ᾰ̓σωτῐ́ᾱ ăsōtĭ́ā	ᾰ̓σωτῐ́ᾱ ăsōtĭ́ā	ᾰ̓σωτῐ́αι ăsōtĭ́ai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Gothic: 𐌿𐍃𐍃𐍄𐌹𐌿𐍂𐌴𐌹 (usstiurei) (possible calque)

References

• “ἀσωτία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀσωτία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀσωτία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀσωτία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• G810 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • extravagance idem, page 297.
  • improvidence idem, page 425.
  • lavishness idem, page 479.
  • prodigality idem, page 644.
  • profuseness idem, page 653.
  • thriftlessness idem, page 870.
  • waste idem, page 965.
  • wastefulness idem, page 965.