ἄσυλος

See also: ανώνυμος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-, “without”) +‎ σύλη (súlē, “seizure, plunder”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.syː.los/ → /ˈa.sy.los/ → /ˈa.si.los/

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

Adjective

ᾰ̓́σῡλος • (ắsūlos) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓́σῡλον); second declension

1. safe from violence, inviolate

Declension

Second declension of ᾰ̓́σῡλος; ᾰ̓́σῡλον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ᾰ̓́σῡλος ắsūlos	ᾰ̓́σῡλον ắsūlon		ᾰ̓σῡ́λω ăsū́lō	ᾰ̓σῡ́λω ăsū́lō		ᾰ̓́σῡλοι ắsūloi	ᾰ̓́σῡλᾰ ắsūlă
Genitive		ᾰ̓σῡ́λου ăsū́lou	ᾰ̓σῡ́λου ăsū́lou		ᾰ̓σῡ́λοιν ăsū́loin	ᾰ̓σῡ́λοιν ăsū́loin		ᾰ̓σῡ́λων ăsū́lōn	ᾰ̓σῡ́λων ăsū́lōn
Dative		ᾰ̓σῡ́λῳ ăsū́lōi	ᾰ̓σῡ́λῳ ăsū́lōi		ᾰ̓σῡ́λοιν ăsū́loin	ᾰ̓σῡ́λοιν ăsū́loin		ᾰ̓σῡ́λοις ăsū́lois	ᾰ̓σῡ́λοις ăsū́lois
Accusative		ᾰ̓́σῡλον ắsūlon	ᾰ̓́σῡλον ắsūlon		ᾰ̓σῡ́λω ăsū́lō	ᾰ̓σῡ́λω ăsū́lō		ᾰ̓σῡ́λους ăsū́lous	ᾰ̓́σῡλᾰ ắsūlă
Vocative		ᾰ̓́σῡλε ắsūle	ᾰ̓́σῡλον ắsūlon		ᾰ̓σῡ́λω ăsū́lō	ᾰ̓σῡ́λω ăsū́lō		ᾰ̓́σῡλοι ắsūloi	ᾰ̓́σῡλᾰ ắsūlă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ᾰ̓σῡ́λως ăsū́lōs			—			ᾰ̓σῡλότᾰτος ăsūlótătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἄσῡλον (ásūlon, “sanctuary”)

Further reading

• “ἄσυλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἄσυλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἄσυλος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἄσυλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄσυλος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• “ἄσυλος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • holy idem, page 403.
  • inviolable idem, page 457.
  • sacred idem, page 728.
  • sacrosanct idem, page 729.