ἄση

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἄσᾱ (ásā) — Aeolic

Etymology

If the word originally meant "surfeit", then it could derive from ἄω (áō, “to satiate”). Unlikely is the suggestion by Solmsen, who assumed an analogically preserved suffix -σᾱ- from the zero grade root ἀ- < Proto-Indo-European *seh₂-, rejecting a pre-form *sh₂-ti̯-eh₂-. It would be better to posit *(h)ad-s-ā, an old collective from the s-stem in ἅδος (hádos, “satiation”); problematic, however, is the failure of a geminate -σσ- to appear in Aeolic. The simplification to -σ- would be due to epic influence, according to Schwyzer, but all in all, the explanation is not entirely convincing.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

Noun

ἄση • (ásē) f (genitive ἄσης); first declension

1. surfeit, loathing, nausea
2. distress, vexation
3. longing, desire

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἄση; τῆς ἄσης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἄση hē ásē	τὼ ἄσᾱ tṑ ásā	αἱ ἄσαι hai ásai
Genitive	τῆς ἄσης tês ásēs	τοῖν ἄσαιν toîn ásain	τῶν ἀσῶν tôn asôn
Dative	τῇ ἄσῃ têi ásēi	τοῖν ἄσαιν toîn ásain	ταῖς ἄσαις taîs ásais
Accusative	τὴν ἄσην tḕn ásēn	τὼ ἄσᾱ tṑ ásā	τᾱ̀ς ἄσᾱς tā̀s ásās
Vocative	ἄση ásē	ἄσᾱ ásā	ἄσαι ásai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀσάομαι (asáomai)
• ἀσηρός (asērós)
• ἀσώδης (asṓdēs)

 

Further reading

• “ἄση”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἄση”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἄση in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄση in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN