ἄσημος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἄσᾱμος (ásāmos) — Doric

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-) +‎ σῆμα (sêma) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

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

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

Adjective

ἄσημος • (ásēmos) m or f (neuter ἄσημον); second declension

1. without mark or sign
2. uncoined (of a precious metal)
3. giving no sign, unintelligible
4. leaving no mark, indistinct, inarticulate
5. unperceived, unnoticed
6. unremarkable, unknown, obscure, mean
7. (Medieval, nominalized, masculine) silver

Declension

Second declension of ᾰ̓́σημος; ᾰ̓́σημον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ᾰ̓́σημος ắsēmos		ᾰ̓́σημον ắsēmon		ᾰ̓σήμω ăsḗmō		ᾰ̓σήμω ăsḗmō		ᾰ̓́σημοι ắsēmoi		ᾰ̓́σημᾰ ắsēmă
Genitive		ᾰ̓σήμου ăsḗmou		ᾰ̓σήμου ăsḗmou		ᾰ̓σήμοιν ăsḗmoin		ᾰ̓σήμοιν ăsḗmoin		ᾰ̓σήμων ăsḗmōn		ᾰ̓σήμων ăsḗmōn
Dative		ᾰ̓σήμῳ ăsḗmōi		ᾰ̓σήμῳ ăsḗmōi		ᾰ̓σήμοιν ăsḗmoin		ᾰ̓σήμοιν ăsḗmoin		ᾰ̓σήμοις ăsḗmois		ᾰ̓σήμοις ăsḗmois
Accusative		ᾰ̓́σημον ắsēmon		ᾰ̓́σημον ắsēmon		ᾰ̓σήμω ăsḗmō		ᾰ̓σήμω ăsḗmō		ᾰ̓σήμους ăsḗmous		ᾰ̓́σημᾰ ắsēmă
Vocative		ᾰ̓́σημε ắsēme		ᾰ̓́σημον ắsēmon		ᾰ̓σήμω ăsḗmō		ᾰ̓σήμω ăsḗmō		ᾰ̓́σημοι ắsēmoi		ᾰ̓́σημᾰ ắsēmă
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ᾰ̓σήμως ăsḗmōs				ᾰ̓σημότερος ăsēmóteros				ᾰ̓σημότᾰτος ăsēmótătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Quotations

• 50 CE – 100 CE, Acts of the Apostles 21:39:

  εἶπε δὲ ὁ Παῦλος, Ἐγὼ ἄνθρωπος μέν εἰμι Ἰουδαῖος, Ταρσεὺς τῆς Κιλικίας, οὐκ ἀσήμου πόλεως πολίτης· δέομαι δέ σου, ἐπίτρεψόν μοι λαλῆσαι πρὸς τὸν λαόν.

  eîpe dè ho Paûlos, Egṑ ánthrōpos mén eimi Ioudaîos, Tarseùs tês Kilikías, ouk asḗmou póleōs polítēs; déomai dé sou, epítrepsón moi lalêsai pròs tòn laón.

  • Translation by KJV

    But Paul said, I am a man which am a Jew of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and, I beseech thee, suffer me to speak unto the people.

Derived terms

• ἄσημον (ásēmon)

Further reading

Further reading

• “ἄσημος” in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “ἄσημος” in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2026)
• ἄσημος in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007), Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
• ἄσημος, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “ἄσημος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• G767 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • abstruse idem, page 4.
  • ambiguous idem, page 26.
  • baffling idem, page 59.
  • bewildering idem, page 77.
  • complex idem, page 152.
  • confused idem, page 159.
  • crooked idem, page 185.
  • dark idem, page 195.
  • device idem, page 220.
  • evasive idem, page 284.
  • hidden idem, page 398.
  • ignoble idem, page 414.
  • incoherent idem, page 429.
  • indistinct idem, page 434.
  • inglorious idem, page 440.
  • low idem, page 502.
  • mean idem, page 519.
  • mysterious idem, page 549.
  • nameless idem, page 550.
  • obscure idem, page 566.
  • plain idem, page 616.
  • shadowy idem, page 760.
  • uncoined idem, page 910.
  • unintelligible idem, page 922.
  • unmarked idem, page 925.
  • unstamped idem, page 933.