ἄσυλος
See also: ανώνυμος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀ- (a-, “without”) + σύλη (súlē, “seizure, plunder”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /á.syː.los/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈa.sy.los/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈa.sy.los/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈa.sy.los/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈa.si.los/
Adjective
ᾰ̓́σῡλος • (ắsūlos) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓́σῡλον); second declension
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | ᾰ̓́σῡλος ắsūlos |
ᾰ̓́σῡλον ắsūlon |
ᾰ̓σῡ́λω ăsū́lō |
ᾰ̓σῡ́λω ăsū́lō |
ᾰ̓́σῡλοι ắsūloi |
ᾰ̓́σῡλᾰ ắsūlă | ||||||||
| Genitive | ᾰ̓σῡ́λου ăsū́lou |
ᾰ̓σῡ́λου ăsū́lou |
ᾰ̓σῡ́λοιν ăsū́loin |
ᾰ̓σῡ́λοιν ăsū́loin |
ᾰ̓σῡ́λων ăsū́lōn |
ᾰ̓σῡ́λων ăsū́lōn | ||||||||
| Dative | ᾰ̓σῡ́λῳ ăsū́lōi |
ᾰ̓σῡ́λῳ ăsū́lōi |
ᾰ̓σῡ́λοιν ăsū́loin |
ᾰ̓σῡ́λοιν ăsū́loin |
ᾰ̓σῡ́λοις ăsū́lois |
ᾰ̓σῡ́λοις ăsū́lois | ||||||||
| Accusative | ᾰ̓́σῡλον ắsūlon |
ᾰ̓́σῡλον ắsūlon |
ᾰ̓σῡ́λω ăsū́lō |
ᾰ̓σῡ́λω ăsū́lō |
ᾰ̓σῡ́λους ăsū́lous |
ᾰ̓́σῡλᾰ ắsūlă | ||||||||
| Vocative | ᾰ̓́σῡλε ắsūle |
ᾰ̓́σῡλον ắsūlon |
ᾰ̓σῡ́λω ăsū́lō |
ᾰ̓σῡ́λω ăsū́lō |
ᾰ̓́σῡλοι ắsūloi |
ᾰ̓́σῡλᾰ ắsūlă | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| ᾰ̓σῡ́λως ăsū́lōs |
— | ᾰ̓σῡλότᾰτος ăsūlótătos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἄσῡλον (ásūlon, “sanctuary”)
Further reading
- “ἄσυλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἄσυλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἄσυλος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἄσυλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἄσυλος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- “ἄσυλος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- holy idem, page 403.
- inviolable idem, page 457.
- sacred idem, page 728.
- sacrosanct idem, page 729.