ἀσύνετος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀ- (a-, not) + σῠνετός (sŭnetós, “sagacious, intelligent”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.sý.ne.tos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /aˈsy.ne.tos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /aˈsy.ne.tos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /aˈsy.ne.tos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /aˈsi.ne.tos/
Adjective
ἀσῠ́νετος • (asŭ́netos) m or f (neuter ἀσῠ́νετον); second declension
- void of understanding, witless
- not able to understand
- not to be understood, unintelligible
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | ἀσῠ́νετος asŭ́netos |
ἀσῠ́νετον asŭ́neton |
ἀσῠνέτω asŭnétō |
ἀσῠνέτω asŭnétō |
ἀσῠ́νετοι asŭ́netoi |
ἀσῠ́νετᾰ asŭ́netă | ||||||||
| Genitive | ἀσῠνέτου asŭnétou |
ἀσῠνέτου asŭnétou |
ἀσῠνέτοιν asŭnétoin |
ἀσῠνέτοιν asŭnétoin |
ἀσῠνέτων asŭnétōn |
ἀσῠνέτων asŭnétōn | ||||||||
| Dative | ἀσῠνέτῳ asŭnétōi |
ἀσῠνέτῳ asŭnétōi |
ἀσῠνέτοιν asŭnétoin |
ἀσῠνέτοιν asŭnétoin |
ἀσῠνέτοις asŭnétois |
ἀσῠνέτοις asŭnétois | ||||||||
| Accusative | ἀσῠ́νετον asŭ́neton |
ἀσῠ́νετον asŭ́neton |
ἀσῠνέτω asŭnétō |
ἀσῠνέτω asŭnétō |
ἀσῠνέτους asŭnétous |
ἀσῠ́νετᾰ asŭ́netă | ||||||||
| Vocative | ἀσῠ́νετε asŭ́nete |
ἀσῠ́νετον asŭ́neton |
ἀσῠνέτω asŭnétō |
ἀσῠνέτω asŭnétō |
ἀσῠ́νετοι asŭ́netoi |
ἀσῠ́νετᾰ asŭ́netă | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| ἀσῠνέτως asŭnétōs |
ἀσῠνετώτερος asŭnetṓteros |
ἀσῠνετώτᾰτος asŭnetṓtătos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἀσῠνεσῐ́ᾱ (asŭnesĭ́ā)
- ἀσυνετέω (asunetéō)
- ἀσῠνετῐ́ζομαι (asŭnetĭ́zomai)
- ἀσῠνετοποιός (asŭnetopoiós)
Descendants
- > Greek: ασύνετος (asýnetos) (inherited)
Further reading
- “ἀσύνετος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀσύνετος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἀσύνετος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀσύνετος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)