ἄσημον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Neuter form of ἄσημος (ásēmos, “uncoined, without marks”), which is, by surface analysis, ἀ- (a-, “not, a-”) +‎ σῆμα (sêma, “mark, sign”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.sɛː.mon/ → /ˈa.si.mon/ → /ˈa.si.mon/

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

Noun

ἄσημον • (ásēmon) n (genitive ἀσήμου); second declension

1. plate, silver

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἄσημον; τοῦ ἀσήμου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἄσημον tò ásēmon	τὼ ἀσήμω tṑ asḗmō	τᾰ̀ ἄσημᾰ tằ ásēmă
Genitive	τοῦ ἀσήμου toû asḗmou	τοῖν ἀσήμοιν toîn asḗmoin	τῶν ἀσήμων tôn asḗmōn
Dative	τῷ ἀσήμῳ tôi asḗmōi	τοῖν ἀσήμοιν toîn asḗmoin	τοῖς ἀσήμοις toîs asḗmois
Accusative	τὸ ἄσημον tò ásēmon	τὼ ἀσήμω tṑ asḗmō	τᾰ̀ ἄσημᾰ tằ ásēmă
Vocative	ἄσημον ásēmon	ἀσήμω asḗmō	ἄσημᾰ ásēmă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀσήμῐνος (asḗmĭnos)
• ἀσημοκλέπτης (asēmokléptēs)

Descendants

• Greek: ασήμι (asími)
• → Aramaic: סאמא (sēmā)
• → Bactrian: σιμινο (simino)
• → Hebrew: אֲסִימוֹן (asimón)
• → Parthian: [script needed] (hsym /⁠hasēm⁠/)
• → Old Persian: 𐎿𐎡𐎹𐎶𐎶 (s-i-y-m-m /⁠saiymam⁠/)
  • Middle Persian: (or ← Greek)

    Manichaean script: 𐫀𐫘𐫏𐫖 (ʾsym)

    Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾsym), [Book Pahlavi needed] (KSPA)

    • Persian: سیم (sim)
      • → Gujarati: સીમ (sīm)
      • → Kazakh: сым (sym)

Adjective

ἄσημον • (ásēmon)

1. inflection of ἄσημος (ásēmos):
   1. neuter nominative/vocative/accusative singular
   2. masculine/feminine accusative singular

Further reading

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