ἀσύφηλος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

For the vocalism, Σίσυφος (Sísuphos) and σέσυφος (sésuphos, “knavish, roguish”) are compared. Furnée further compares the gloss αἰσύφιος (aisúphios, “deceptive, treacherous”), which seems to fit well. In view of the interchange αι-/α-, a Pre-Greek origin is probable.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.sý.pʰɛː.los/ → /aˈsy.ɸi.los/ → /aˈsi.fi.los/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.sý.pʰɛː.los/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈsy.pʰe̝.los/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈsy.ɸi.los/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈsy.fi.los/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈsi.fi.los/

Adjective

ἀσῠ́φηλος • (asúphēlos) m or f (neuter ἀσῠ́φηλον); second declension

1. headstrong or perhaps foolish

Inflection

Second declension of ἀσῠ́φηλος; ἀσῠ́φηλον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἀσῠ́φηλος asúphēlos	ἀσῠ́φηλον asúphēlon		ἀσῠφήλω asuphḗlō	ἀσῠφήλω asuphḗlō		ἀσῠ́φηλοι asúphēloi	ἀσῠ́φηλᾰ asúphēla
Genitive		ἀσῠφήλου asuphḗlou	ἀσῠφήλου asuphḗlou		ἀσῠφήλοιν asuphḗloin	ἀσῠφήλοιν asuphḗloin		ἀσῠφήλων asuphḗlōn	ἀσῠφήλων asuphḗlōn
Dative		ἀσῠφήλῳ asuphḗlōi	ἀσῠφήλῳ asuphḗlōi		ἀσῠφήλοιν asuphḗloin	ἀσῠφήλοιν asuphḗloin		ἀσῠφήλοις asuphḗlois	ἀσῠφήλοις asuphḗlois
Accusative		ἀσῠ́φηλον asúphēlon	ἀσῠ́φηλον asúphēlon		ἀσῠφήλω asuphḗlō	ἀσῠφήλω asuphḗlō		ἀσῠφήλους asuphḗlous	ἀσῠ́φηλᾰ asúphēla
Vocative		ἀσῠ́φηλε asúphēle	ἀσῠ́φηλον asúphēlon		ἀσῠφήλω asuphḗlō	ἀσῠφήλω asuphḗlō		ἀσῠ́φηλοι asúphēloi	ἀσῠ́φηλᾰ asúphēla
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἀσῠφήλως asuphḗlōs			ἀσῠφηλότερος asuphēlóteros			ἀσῠφηλότᾰτος asuphēlótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἀσύφηλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀσύφηλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀσύφηλος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN