ἀσύφηλος
Appearance
Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.sý.pʰɛː.los/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /aˈsy.pʰe̝.los/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /aˈsy.ɸi.los/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /aˈsy.fi.los/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /aˈsi.fi.los/
Adjective
[edit]ἀσῠ́φηλος • (asúphēlos) m or f (neuter ἀσῠ́φηλον); second declension
- headstrong or perhaps foolish
Inflection
[edit]Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | ἀσῠ́φηλος asúphēlos |
ἀσῠ́φηλον asúphēlon |
ἀσῠφήλω asuphḗlō |
ἀσῠφήλω asuphḗlō |
ἀσῠ́φηλοι asúphēloi |
ἀσῠ́φηλᾰ asúphēla | ||||||||
Genitive | ἀσῠφήλου asuphḗlou |
ἀσῠφήλου asuphḗlou |
ἀσῠφήλοιν asuphḗloin |
ἀσῠφήλοιν asuphḗloin |
ἀσῠφήλων asuphḗlōn |
ἀσῠφήλων asuphḗlōn | ||||||||
Dative | ἀσῠφήλῳ asuphḗlōi |
ἀσῠφήλῳ asuphḗlōi |
ἀσῠφήλοιν asuphḗloin |
ἀσῠφήλοιν asuphḗloin |
ἀσῠφήλοις asuphḗlois |
ἀσῠφήλοις asuphḗlois | ||||||||
Accusative | ἀσῠ́φηλον asúphēlon |
ἀσῠ́φηλον asúphēlon |
ἀσῠφήλω asuphḗlō |
ἀσῠφήλω asuphḗlō |
ἀσῠφήλους asuphḗlous |
ἀσῠ́φηλᾰ asúphēla | ||||||||
Vocative | ἀσῠ́φηλε asúphēle |
ἀσῠ́φηλον asúphēlon |
ἀσῠφήλω asuphḗlō |
ἀσῠφήλω asuphḗlō |
ἀσῠ́φηλοι asúphēloi |
ἀσῠ́φηλᾰ asúphēla | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ἀσῠφήλως asuphḗlōs |
ἀσῠφηλότερος asuphēlóteros |
ἀσῠφηλότᾰτος asuphēlótatos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
[edit]- “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 (2006–2024)
- 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