ἀσύνδετον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Neuter substantive of ἀσῠ́νδετος (asúndetos, “unconnected, loose”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) +‎ σῠ́νδετος (súndetos, “bound hand and foot; united”), from συνδέω (sundéō, “bind together”), from σῠν- (sun-, “together”) +‎ δέω (déō, “bind”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.sýn.de.ton/ → /aˈsyn.de.ton/ → /aˈsin.de.ton/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.sýn.de.ton/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈsyn.de.ton/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈsyn.de.ton/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈsyn.de.ton/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈsin.de.ton/

Noun

ᾰ̓σῠ́νδετον • (asúndeton) n (genitive ᾰ̓σῠνδέτου); second declension

1. (rhetoric) a rhetorical style without conjunctions, asyndeton
   • 350 BCE – 280 BCE, Demetrius of Phalerum, On Style 268
   • 161 CE – 180 CE, Hermogenes, On Types of Style 2.1

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ᾰ̓σῠ́νδετον; τοῦ ᾰ̓σῠνδέτου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ᾰ̓σῠ́νδετον tò asúndeton	τὼ ᾰ̓σῠνδέτω tṑ asundétō	τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓σῠ́νδετᾰ tà asúndeta
Genitive	τοῦ ᾰ̓σῠνδέτου toû asundétou	τοῖν ᾰ̓σῠνδέτοιν toîn asundétoin	τῶν ᾰ̓σῠνδέτων tôn asundétōn
Dative	τῷ ᾰ̓σῠνδέτῳ tôi asundétōi	τοῖν ᾰ̓σῠνδέτοιν toîn asundétoin	τοῖς ᾰ̓σῠνδέτοις toîs asundétois
Accusative	τὸ ᾰ̓σῠ́νδετον tò asúndeton	τὼ ᾰ̓σῠνδέτω tṑ asundétō	τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓σῠ́νδετᾰ tà asúndeta
Vocative	ᾰ̓σῠ́νδετον asúndeton	ᾰ̓σῠνδέτω asundétō	ᾰ̓σῠ́νδετᾰ asúndeta
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: asyndeton (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• “ἀσύνδετον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press