ἆσσον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /âːs.son/ → /ˈas.son/ → /ˈa.son/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /âːs.son/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈas.son/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈas.son/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈas.son/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.son/

Adverb

ἆσσον • (âsson)

1. comparative degree of ἄγχι (ánkhi): nearer
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 1.567:

     μή νύ τοι οὐ χραίσμωσιν ὅσοι θεοί εἰσ’ ἐν Ὀλύμπῳ ἆσσον ἰόνθ’

     mḗ nú toi ou khraísmōsin hósoi theoí eis’ en Olúmpōi âsson iónth’

     lest all the gods that are in Olympus avail you not against my drawing nearer

Usage notes

Often implies hostile approach.

Derived terms

• ἄσσιστα (ássista)
• ἀσσότατος (assótatos)
• ἀσσοτάτω (assotátō)
• ἀσσότερος (assóteros)
• ἀσσοτέρω (assotérō)

 

Further reading

• “ἆσσον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἆσσον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἆσσον”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἆσσον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἆσσον in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἆσσον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “ἆσσον”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G788 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • near idem, page 553.