ἀσύφηλος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

For the vocalism, Σίσυφος (Sísuphos) and σέσυφος (sésuphos, “knavish, roguish”) are compared. Furnée further compares the gloss αἰσύφιος (aisúphios, “deceptive, treacherous”), which seems to fit well. In view of the interchange αι-/α-, a Pre-Greek origin is probable.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.sý.pʰɛː.los/ → /aˈsy.ɸi.los/ → /aˈsi.fi.los/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.sý.pʰɛː.los/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈsy.pʰe̝.los/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈsy.ɸi.los/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈsy.fi.los/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈsi.fi.los/

Mark the vowel length of the ambiguous vowel ἀ by adding a macron after it if it is long, or a breve if it is short. By default, Module:grc-pronunciation assumes it is short if unmarked.
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Adjective

ἀσῠ́φηλος • (asŭ́phēlos) m or f (neuter ἀσῠ́φηλον); second declension

1. headstrong or perhaps foolish

Inflection

Second declension of ἀσῠ́φηλος; ἀσῠ́φηλον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἀσῠ́φηλος asŭ́phēlos	ἀσῠ́φηλον asŭ́phēlon		ἀσῠφήλω asŭphḗlō	ἀσῠφήλω asŭphḗlō		ἀσῠ́φηλοι asŭ́phēloi	ἀσῠ́φηλᾰ asŭ́phēlă
Genitive		ἀσῠφήλου asŭphḗlou	ἀσῠφήλου asŭphḗlou		ἀσῠφήλοιν asŭphḗloin	ἀσῠφήλοιν asŭphḗloin		ἀσῠφήλων asŭphḗlōn	ἀσῠφήλων asŭphḗlōn
Dative		ἀσῠφήλῳ asŭphḗlōi	ἀσῠφήλῳ asŭphḗlōi		ἀσῠφήλοιν asŭphḗloin	ἀσῠφήλοιν asŭphḗloin		ἀσῠφήλοις asŭphḗlois	ἀσῠφήλοις asŭphḗlois
Accusative		ἀσῠ́φηλον asŭ́phēlon	ἀσῠ́φηλον asŭ́phēlon		ἀσῠφήλω asŭphḗlō	ἀσῠφήλω asŭphḗlō		ἀσῠφήλους asŭphḗlous	ἀσῠ́φηλᾰ asŭ́phēlă
Vocative		ἀσῠ́φηλε asŭ́phēle	ἀσῠ́φηλον asŭ́phēlon		ἀσῠφήλω asŭphḗlō	ἀσῠφήλω asŭphḗlō		ἀσῠ́φηλοι asŭ́phēloi	ἀσῠ́φηλᾰ asŭ́phēlă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἀσῠφήλως asŭphḗlōs			ἀσῠφηλότερος asŭphēlóteros			ἀσῠφηλότᾰτος asŭphēlótătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἀσύφηλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀσύφηλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀσύφηλος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN