ἄσημον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Neuter form of ἄσημος (ásēmos, “uncoined, without marks”), which is, by surface analysis, ἀ- (a-, “not, a-”) +‎ σῆμα (sêma, “mark, sign”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἄσημον • (ásēmon) n (genitive ἀσήμου); second declension

  1. plate, silver

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἄσημον; τοῦ ἀσήμου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ ἄσημον
tò ásēmon 		τὼ ἀσήμω
tṑ asḗmō 		τᾰ̀ ἄσημᾰ
tằ ásēmă
Genitive τοῦ ἀσήμου
toû asḗmou 		τοῖν ἀσήμοιν
toîn asḗmoin 		τῶν ἀσήμων
tôn asḗmōn
Dative τῷ ἀσήμῳ
tōî asḗmōi 		τοῖν ἀσήμοιν
toîn asḗmoin 		τοῖς ἀσήμοις
toîs asḗmois
Accusative τὸ ἄσημον
tò ásēmon 		τὼ ἀσήμω
tṑ asḗmō 		τᾰ̀ ἄσημᾰ
tằ ásēmă
Vocative ἄσημον
ásēmon 		ἀσήμω
asḗmō 		ἄσημᾰ
ásēmă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: ασήμι (asími)
  • → Aramaic: סאמא (sēmā)
  • → Bactrian: σιμινο (simino)
  • → Hebrew: אֲסִימוֹן (asimón)
  • → Parthian: [script needed] (hsym /⁠hasēm⁠/)
  • → Old Persian: 𐎿𐎡𐎹𐎶𐎶 (s-i-y-m-m /⁠saiymam⁠/)
    • Middle Persian: (or ← Greek)
      Manichaean script: 𐫀𐫘𐫏𐫖 (ʾsym)
      Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾsym), [Book Pahlavi needed] (KSPA)
      • Persian: سیم (sim)
        • → Azerbaijani: sim
        • → Gujarati: સીમ (sīm)
        • → Kazakh: сым (sym)

Adjective

ἄσημον • (ásēmon)

  1. inflection of ἄσημος (ásēmos):
    1. neuter nominative/vocative/accusative singular
    2. masculine/feminine accusative singular

Further reading

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