ἀσύνετος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-, not) +‎ σῠνετός (sŭnetós, “sagacious, intelligent”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.sý.ne.tos/ → /aˈsy.ne.tos/ → /aˈsi.ne.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.sý.ne.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈsy.ne.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈsy.ne.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈsy.ne.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈsi.ne.tos/

Adjective

ἀσῠ́νετος • (asŭ́netos) m or f (neuter ἀσῠ́νετον); second declension

1. void of understanding, witless

   Synonyms: ἀνόητος (anóētos), βεβρός (bebrós), βλᾰ́ξ (blắx)

2. not able to understand
3. not to be understood, unintelligible

Declension

Second declension of ἀσῠ́νετος; ἀσῠ́νετον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἀσῠ́νετος asŭ́netos	ἀσῠ́νετον asŭ́neton		ἀσῠνέτω asŭnétō	ἀσῠνέτω asŭnétō		ἀσῠ́νετοι asŭ́netoi	ἀσῠ́νετᾰ asŭ́netă
Genitive		ἀσῠνέτου asŭnétou	ἀσῠνέτου asŭnétou		ἀσῠνέτοιν asŭnétoin	ἀσῠνέτοιν asŭnétoin		ἀσῠνέτων asŭnétōn	ἀσῠνέτων asŭnétōn
Dative		ἀσῠνέτῳ asŭnétōi	ἀσῠνέτῳ asŭnétōi		ἀσῠνέτοιν asŭnétoin	ἀσῠνέτοιν asŭnétoin		ἀσῠνέτοις asŭnétois	ἀσῠνέτοις asŭnétois
Accusative		ἀσῠ́νετον asŭ́neton	ἀσῠ́νετον asŭ́neton		ἀσῠνέτω asŭnétō	ἀσῠνέτω asŭnétō		ἀσῠνέτους asŭnétous	ἀσῠ́νετᾰ asŭ́netă
Vocative		ἀσῠ́νετε asŭ́nete	ἀσῠ́νετον asŭ́neton		ἀσῠνέτω asŭnétō	ἀσῠνέτω asŭnétō		ἀσῠ́νετοι asŭ́netoi	ἀσῠ́νετᾰ asŭ́netă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἀσῠνέτως asŭnétōs			ἀσῠνετώτερος asŭnetṓteros			ἀσῠνετώτᾰτος asŭnetṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀσῠνεσῐ́ᾱ (asŭnesĭ́ā)
• ἀσῠνετῐ́ζομαι (asŭnetĭ́zomai)
• ἀσῠνετοποιός (asŭnetopoiós)

Descendants

• > Greek: ασύνετος (asýnetos) (inherited)

Further reading

• “ἀσύνετος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀσύνετος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀσύνετος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀσύνετος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)