ἀσύνδετον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Neuter substantive of ἀσῠ́νδετος (asŭ́ndetos, “unconnected, loose”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) +‎ σῠ́νδετος (sŭ́ndetos, “bound hand and foot; united”), from συνδέω (sundéō, “bind together”), from σῠν- (sŭn-, “together”) +‎ δέω (déō, “bind”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.sýn.de.ton/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈsyn.de.ton/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈsyn.de.ton/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈsyn.de.ton/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈsin.de.ton/

Noun

ᾰ̓σῠ́νδετον • (ăsŭ́ndeton) n (genitive ᾰ̓σῠνδέτου); second declension

(rhetoric) a rhetorical style without conjunctions, asyndeton
- 350 BCE – 280 BCE, Demetrius of Phalerum, On Style 268
- 161 CE – 180 CE, Hermogenes, On Types of Style 2.1

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ᾰ̓σῠ́νδετον; τοῦ ᾰ̓σῠνδέτου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ᾰ̓σῠ́νδετον tò ăsŭ́ndeton	τὼ ᾰ̓σῠνδέτω tṑ ăsŭndétō	τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓σῠ́νδετᾰ tằ ăsŭ́ndetă
Genitive	τοῦ ᾰ̓σῠνδέτου toû ăsŭndétou	τοῖν ᾰ̓σῠνδέτοιν toîn ăsŭndétoin	τῶν ᾰ̓σῠνδέτων tôn ăsŭndétōn
Dative	τῷ ᾰ̓σῠνδέτῳ tôi ăsŭndétōi	τοῖν ᾰ̓σῠνδέτοιν toîn ăsŭndétoin	τοῖς ᾰ̓σῠνδέτοις toîs ăsŭndétois
Accusative	τὸ ᾰ̓σῠ́νδετον tò ăsŭ́ndeton	τὼ ᾰ̓σῠνδέτω tṑ ăsŭndétō	τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓σῠ́νδετᾰ tằ ăsŭ́ndetă
Vocative	ᾰ̓σῠ́νδετον ăsŭ́ndeton	ᾰ̓σῠνδέτω ăsŭndétō	ᾰ̓σῠ́νδετᾰ ăsŭ́ndetă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ Latin: asyndeton (see there for further descendants)