ἄσιτος
Ancient Greek
FWOTD – 18 February 2024
Etymology
From ᾰ̓- (ă-, “not”) + σῖτος (sîtos, “grain; food”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /á.siː.tos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈa.si.tos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈa.si.tos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈa.si.tos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈa.si.tos/
Adjective
ᾰ̓́σῑτος • (ắsītos) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓́σῑτον); second declension
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | ᾰ̓́σῑτος ắsītos |
ᾰ̓́σῑτον ắsīton |
ᾰ̓σῑ́τω ăsī́tō |
ᾰ̓σῑ́τω ăsī́tō |
ᾰ̓́σῑτοι ắsītoi |
ᾰ̓́σῑτᾰ ắsītă | ||||||||
| Genitive | ᾰ̓σῑ́του ăsī́tou |
ᾰ̓σῑ́του ăsī́tou |
ᾰ̓σῑ́τοιν ăsī́toin |
ᾰ̓σῑ́τοιν ăsī́toin |
ᾰ̓σῑ́των ăsī́tōn |
ᾰ̓σῑ́των ăsī́tōn | ||||||||
| Dative | ᾰ̓σῑ́τῳ ăsī́tōi |
ᾰ̓σῑ́τῳ ăsī́tōi |
ᾰ̓σῑ́τοιν ăsī́toin |
ᾰ̓σῑ́τοιν ăsī́toin |
ᾰ̓σῑ́τοις ăsī́tois |
ᾰ̓σῑ́τοις ăsī́tois | ||||||||
| Accusative | ᾰ̓́σῑτον ắsīton |
ᾰ̓́σῑτον ắsīton |
ᾰ̓σῑ́τω ăsī́tō |
ᾰ̓σῑ́τω ăsī́tō |
ᾰ̓σῑ́τους ăsī́tous |
ᾰ̓́σῑτᾰ ắsītă | ||||||||
| Vocative | ᾰ̓́σῑτε ắsīte |
ᾰ̓́σῑτον ắsīton |
ᾰ̓σῑ́τω ăsī́tō |
ᾰ̓σῑ́τω ăsī́tō |
ᾰ̓́σῑτοι ắsītoi |
ᾰ̓́σῑτᾰ ắsītă | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| ᾰ̓σῑ́τως ăsī́tōs |
ᾰ̓σῑτότερος ăsītóteros |
ᾰ̓σῑτότᾰτος ăsītótătos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ᾰ̓σῑτέω (ăsītéō)
- ᾰ̓σῑτῐ́ᾱ (ăsītĭ́ā)
Further reading
- “ἄσιτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἄσιτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἄσιτος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἄσιτος in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἄσιτος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἄσιτος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2026)