Ἄσιος
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editUnknown; compare Ἀσίᾱ (Asíā).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /á.si.os/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈa.si.os/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈa.si.os/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈa.si.os/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈa.si.os/
Adjective
editἌσῐος • (Ásios) (attested only in the masculine singular)
- (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
editCase / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | Ἄσῐος Ásios | ||||||||||||
Genitive | Ἀσῐ́ου / Ἀσῐοῖο / Ἀσῐ́οιο / Ἀσῐόο / Ἀσῐ́οο Asíou / Asioîo / Asíoio / Asióo / Asíoo | ||||||||||||
Dative | Ἀσῐ́ῳ Asíōi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | Ἄσῐον Ásion | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Ἄσῐε Ásie | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
edit- “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