ἄσαρκος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-, not) +‎ σᾰ́ρξ (sárx, “flesh”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.sar.kos/ → /ˈa.sar.kos/ → /ˈa.sar.kos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.sar.kos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.sar.kos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.sar.kos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.sar.kos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.sar.kos/

Adjective

ἄσᾰρκος • (ásarkos) m or f (neuter ἄσᾰρκον); second declension

1. without flesh, lean

   Antonym: σᾰρκώδης (sarkṓdēs)

2. (of a diet) not consisting in flesh

Declension

Second declension of ἄσᾰρκος; ἄσᾰρκον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἄσᾰρκος ásarkos	ἄσᾰρκον ásarkon		ἀσᾰ́ρκω asárkō	ἀσᾰ́ρκω asárkō		ἄσᾰρκοι ásarkoi	ἄσᾰρκᾰ ásarka
Genitive		ἀσᾰ́ρκου asárkou	ἀσᾰ́ρκου asárkou		ἀσᾰ́ρκοιν asárkoin	ἀσᾰ́ρκοιν asárkoin		ἀσᾰ́ρκων asárkōn	ἀσᾰ́ρκων asárkōn
Dative		ἀσᾰ́ρκῳ asárkōi	ἀσᾰ́ρκῳ asárkōi		ἀσᾰ́ρκοιν asárkoin	ἀσᾰ́ρκοιν asárkoin		ἀσᾰ́ρκοις asárkois	ἀσᾰ́ρκοις asárkois
Accusative		ἄσᾰρκον ásarkon	ἄσᾰρκον ásarkon		ἀσᾰ́ρκω asárkō	ἀσᾰ́ρκω asárkō		ἀσᾰ́ρκους asárkous	ἄσᾰρκᾰ ásarka
Vocative		ἄσᾰρκε ásarke	ἄσᾰρκον ásarkon		ἀσᾰ́ρκω asárkō	ἀσᾰ́ρκω asárkō		ἄσᾰρκοι ásarkoi	ἄσᾰρκᾰ ásarka
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἀσᾰ́ρκως asárkōs			ἀσᾰρκότερος asarkóteros			ἀσᾰρκότᾰτος asarkótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀσᾰρκέω (asarkéō)
• ἀσᾰρκῐ́ᾱ (asarkíā)
• ἀσᾰρκώδης (asarkṓdēs)

 

Descendants

• > Greek: άσαρκος (ásarkos) (inherited)

Further reading

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