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

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.sɛː.mon/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.se̝.mon/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.si.mon/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.si.mon/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.si.mon/

Noun

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

plate, silver

Inflection

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms

ἀσημοκλέπτης (asēmokléptēs)
ἀσήμῐνος (asḗminos)

Descendants

→ Aramaic: סאמא‎
→ Bactrian: σιμινο (simino)
→ Hebrew: אסימון‎
Greek: ασήμι (asími)
→ Parthian: hsym (hasēm)
→ Persian: سیم‎ (sêm)

Further reading

“ἄσημον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ἄσημον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
ἄσημον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)

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