ἀσύμπτωτος

See also: ασύμπτωτος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-, “not”) +‎ συμπτωτός (sumptōtós, “falling in”), from συμπίπτω (sumpíptō, “to fall together”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.sýmp.tɔː.tos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈsymp.to.tos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈsymp.to.tos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈsymp.to.tos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈsimb.to.tos/

Adjective

ἀσύμπτωτος • (asúmptōtos) m or f (neuter ἀσύμπτωτον); second declension

full (of face or body)
not closing (of the edges of a wound)
not liable to collapse
(mathematics) not converging, not secant, asymptotic
(mathematics, nominalized, feminine) asymptote

Declension

Second declension of ᾰ̓σῠ́μπτωτος; ᾰ̓σῠ́μπτωτον (Attic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ᾰ̓σῠ́μπτωτος ăsŭ́mptōtos	ᾰ̓σῠ́μπτωτον ăsŭ́mptōton	ᾰ̓σῠμπτώτω ăsŭmptṓtō	ᾰ̓σῠμπτώτω ăsŭmptṓtō	ᾰ̓σῠ́μπτωτοι ăsŭ́mptōtoi	ᾰ̓σῠ́μπτωτᾰ ăsŭ́mptōtă
Genitive	ᾰ̓σῠμπτώτου ăsŭmptṓtou	ᾰ̓σῠμπτώτου ăsŭmptṓtou	ᾰ̓σῠμπτώτοιν ăsŭmptṓtoin	ᾰ̓σῠμπτώτοιν ăsŭmptṓtoin	ᾰ̓σῠμπτώτων ăsŭmptṓtōn	ᾰ̓σῠμπτώτων ăsŭmptṓtōn
Dative	ᾰ̓σῠμπτώτῳ ăsŭmptṓtōi	ᾰ̓σῠμπτώτῳ ăsŭmptṓtōi	ᾰ̓σῠμπτώτοιν ăsŭmptṓtoin	ᾰ̓σῠμπτώτοιν ăsŭmptṓtoin	ᾰ̓σῠμπτώτοις ăsŭmptṓtois	ᾰ̓σῠμπτώτοις ăsŭmptṓtois
Accusative	ᾰ̓σῠ́μπτωτον ăsŭ́mptōton	ᾰ̓σῠ́μπτωτον ăsŭ́mptōton	ᾰ̓σῠμπτώτω ăsŭmptṓtō	ᾰ̓σῠμπτώτω ăsŭmptṓtō	ᾰ̓σῠμπτώτους ăsŭmptṓtous	ᾰ̓σῠ́μπτωτᾰ ăsŭ́mptōtă
Vocative	ᾰ̓σῠ́μπτωτε ăsŭ́mptōte	ᾰ̓σῠ́μπτωτον ăsŭ́mptōton	ᾰ̓σῠμπτώτω ăsŭmptṓtō	ᾰ̓σῠμπτώτω ăsŭmptṓtō	ᾰ̓σῠ́μπτωτοι ăsŭ́mptōtoi	ᾰ̓σῠ́μπτωτᾰ ăsŭ́mptōtă
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	ᾰ̓σῠμπτώτως ăsŭmptṓtōs		ᾰ̓σῠμπτωτότερος ăsŭmptōtóteros		ᾰ̓σῠμπτωτότᾰτος ăsŭmptōtótătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Greek: ασύμπτωτος (asýmptotos)
→ Latin: asymptōta (see there for further descendants)