ἀσύνδετος

See also: ασύνδετος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-, “not”) +‎ σῠ́νδετος (súndetos, “bound hand and foot; united”), from συνδέω (sundéō, “bind together”), from σῠν- (sun-, “together”) +‎ δέω (déō, “bind”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.sýn.de.tos/ → /aˈsyn.de.tos/ → /aˈsin.de.tos/

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

Adjective

ᾰ̓σῠ́νδετος • (asúndetos) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓σῠ́νδετον); second declension

1. unconnected, loose
   • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cynegeticus 5.30
   • 100 CE – 200 CE, Apollodorus of Damascus, Siege Engines 169.8
2. independent
   • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Moralia 2.386a
   • 129 CE – 216 CE, Galen, Collected Works 19.333
3. (of language) without conjunctions
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, On Interpretation 4
4. (of style)
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Rhetoric 3.6.6
     • Aristotle, Rhetoric 3.12.2
     • Aristotle, Rhetoric 3.12.4
     • Aristotle, Rhetoric 3.12.4
     • Aristotle, Rhetoric 3.19.6

Declension

Second declension of ᾰ̓σῠ́νδετος; ᾰ̓σῠ́νδετον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ᾰ̓σῠ́νδετος asúndetos	ᾰ̓σῠ́νδετον asúndeton		ᾰ̓σῠνδέτω asundétō	ᾰ̓σῠνδέτω asundétō		ᾰ̓σῠ́νδετοι asúndetoi	ᾰ̓σῠ́νδετᾰ asúndeta
Genitive		ᾰ̓σῠνδέτου asundétou	ᾰ̓σῠνδέτου asundétou		ᾰ̓σῠνδέτοιν asundétoin	ᾰ̓σῠνδέτοιν asundétoin		ᾰ̓σῠνδέτων asundétōn	ᾰ̓σῠνδέτων asundétōn
Dative		ᾰ̓σῠνδέτῳ asundétōi	ᾰ̓σῠνδέτῳ asundétōi		ᾰ̓σῠνδέτοιν asundétoin	ᾰ̓σῠνδέτοιν asundétoin		ᾰ̓σῠνδέτοις asundétois	ᾰ̓σῠνδέτοις asundétois
Accusative		ᾰ̓σῠ́νδετον asúndeton	ᾰ̓σῠ́νδετον asúndeton		ᾰ̓σῠνδέτω asundétō	ᾰ̓σῠνδέτω asundétō		ᾰ̓σῠνδέτους asundétous	ᾰ̓σῠ́νδετᾰ asúndeta
Vocative		ᾰ̓σῠ́νδετε asúndete	ᾰ̓σῠ́νδετον asúndeton		ᾰ̓σῠνδέτω asundétō	ᾰ̓σῠνδέτω asundétō		ᾰ̓σῠ́νδετοι asúndetoi	ᾰ̓σῠ́νδετᾰ asúndeta
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ᾰ̓σῠνδέτως asundétōs			ᾰ̓σῠνδετώτερος asundetṓteros			ᾰ̓σῠνδετώτᾰτος asundetṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ᾰ̓σῠ́νδετον (asúndeton)

Descendants

• Greek: ασύνδετος (asýndetos)
• Latin: asyndetos

Further reading

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