ἄσβεστος
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ἀ- (a-, “not”) + σβεστός (sbestós), participle of σβέννυμι (sbénnumi, “I quench, quell”). The noun is shortened from ἄσβεστος τίτανος (títanos).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /áz.bes.tos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈaz.bes.tos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈaz.βes.tos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈaz.ves.tos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈaz.ves.tos/
Adjective
[edit]ἄσβεστος • (ásbestos) m (feminine ἀσβέστη, neuter ἄσβεστον); first/second declension
Inflection
[edit]Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | ἄσβεστος ásbestos |
ἀσβέστη asbéstē |
ἄσβεστον ásbeston |
ἀσβέστω asbéstō |
ἀσβέστᾱ asbéstā |
ἀσβέστω asbéstō |
ἄσβεστοι ásbestoi |
ἄσβεσται ásbestai |
ἄσβεστᾰ ásbesta | |||||
Genitive | ἀσβέστου asbéstou |
ἀσβέστης asbéstēs |
ἀσβέστου asbéstou |
ἀσβέστοιν asbéstoin |
ἀσβέσταιν asbéstain |
ἀσβέστοιν asbéstoin |
ἀσβέστων asbéstōn |
ἀσβέστων asbéstōn |
ἀσβέστων asbéstōn | |||||
Dative | ἀσβέστῳ asbéstōi |
ἀσβέστῃ asbéstēi |
ἀσβέστῳ asbéstōi |
ἀσβέστοιν asbéstoin |
ἀσβέσταιν asbéstain |
ἀσβέστοιν asbéstoin |
ἀσβέστοις asbéstois |
ἀσβέσταις asbéstais |
ἀσβέστοις asbéstois | |||||
Accusative | ἄσβεστον ásbeston |
ἀσβέστην asbéstēn |
ἄσβεστον ásbeston |
ἀσβέστω asbéstō |
ἀσβέστᾱ asbéstā |
ἀσβέστω asbéstō |
ἀσβέστους asbéstous |
ἀσβέστᾱς asbéstās |
ἄσβεστᾰ ásbesta | |||||
Vocative | ἄσβεστε ásbeste |
ἀσβέστη asbéstē |
ἄσβεστον ásbeston |
ἀσβέστω asbéstō |
ἀσβέστᾱ asbéstā |
ἀσβέστω asbéstō |
ἄσβεστοι ásbestoi |
ἄσβεσται ásbestai |
ἄσβεστᾰ ásbesta | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ἀσβέστως asbéstōs |
ἀσβεστότερος asbestóteros |
ἀσβεστότᾰτος asbestótatos | ||||||||||||
Notes: |
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Descendants
[edit]- Greek: άσβεστος (ásvestos, “unquenchable”)
Noun
[edit]ἄσβεστος • (ásbestos) f (genitive ἄσβέστου); second declension
Declension
[edit]Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ἄσβεστος hē ásbestos |
τὼ ἀσβέστω tṑ asbéstō |
αἱ ἄσβεστοι hai ásbestoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ἀσβέστου tês asbéstou |
τοῖν ἀσβέστοιν toîn asbéstoin |
τῶν ἀσβέστων tôn asbéstōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ἀσβέστῳ têi asbéstōi |
τοῖν ἀσβέστοιν toîn asbéstoin |
ταῖς ἀσβέστοις taîs asbéstois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ἄσβεστον tḕn ásbeston |
τὼ ἀσβέστω tṑ asbéstō |
τᾱ̀ς ἀσβέστους tā̀s asbéstous | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἄσβεστε ásbeste |
ἀσβέστω asbéstō |
ἄσβεστοι ásbestoi | ||||||||||
Notes: |
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Descendants
[edit]- Greek: άσβεστος f (ásvestos, “lime”)
- ⇒ Greek: ασβέστιον n (asvéstion, “lime”)
- → Gothic: 𐌿𐌽𐍈𐌰𐍀𐌽𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 (unƕapnands) (calque)
- → Latin: asbestos m
Further reading
[edit]- “ἄσβεστος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἄσβεστος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἄσβεστος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἄσβεστος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- ἄσβεστος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἄσβεστος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- “ἄσβεστος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G762 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
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