Ἄσιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unknown; compare Ἀσίᾱ (Asíā).

Pronunciation

 

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

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

Adjective

Ἄσῐος • (Ásĭos) (attested only in the masculine singular)

1. (Epic) found only as an epithet of λειμών (leimṓn, “meadow”); conveniently translated ‘Asian’, but it is more likely that Asia gets its name from this meadow rather than the other way around. Eustathius of Thessalonica glosses the term as ἰλυώδης (iluṓdēs, “muddy”), in which case it should be written in lower case, i.e. ἄσιος (ásios).

Declension

Second declension of Ἄσῐος; Ἀσῐ́ου (Epic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	Ἄσῐος Ásĭos
Genitive	Ἀσῐ́ου / Ἀσῐοῖο / Ἀσῐ́οιο / Ἀσῐόο / Ἀσῐ́οο Asĭ́ou / Asĭoîo / Asĭ́oio / Asĭóo / Asĭ́oo
Dative	Ἀσῐ́ῳ Asĭ́ōi
Accusative	Ἄσῐον Ásĭon
Vocative	Ἄσῐε Ásĭe
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Further reading

• “Ἄσιος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Ἄσιος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “Ἄσιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press