ἄσυλος

See also: ανώνυμος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-, “without”) +‎ σύλη (súlē, “seizure, plunder”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.syː.los/ → /ˈa.sy.los/ → /ˈa.si.los/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.syː.los/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.sy.los/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.sy.los/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.sy.los/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.si.los/

Adjective

ᾰ̓́σῡλος • (ásūlos) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓́σῡλον); second declension

1. safe from violence, inviolate

Declension

Second declension of ᾰ̓́σῡλος; ᾰ̓́σῡλον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ᾰ̓́σῡλος ásūlos	ᾰ̓́σῡλον ásūlon		ᾰ̓σῡ́λω asū́lō	ᾰ̓σῡ́λω asū́lō		ᾰ̓́σῡλοι ásūloi	ᾰ̓́σῡλᾰ ásūla
Genitive		ᾰ̓σῡ́λου asū́lou	ᾰ̓σῡ́λου asū́lou		ᾰ̓σῡ́λοιν asū́loin	ᾰ̓σῡ́λοιν asū́loin		ᾰ̓σῡ́λων asū́lōn	ᾰ̓σῡ́λων asū́lōn
Dative		ᾰ̓σῡ́λῳ asū́lōi	ᾰ̓σῡ́λῳ asū́lōi		ᾰ̓σῡ́λοιν asū́loin	ᾰ̓σῡ́λοιν asū́loin		ᾰ̓σῡ́λοις asū́lois	ᾰ̓σῡ́λοις asū́lois
Accusative		ᾰ̓́σῡλον ásūlon	ᾰ̓́σῡλον ásūlon		ᾰ̓σῡ́λω asū́lō	ᾰ̓σῡ́λω asū́lō		ᾰ̓σῡ́λους asū́lous	ᾰ̓́σῡλᾰ ásūla
Vocative		ᾰ̓́σῡλε ásūle	ᾰ̓́σῡλον ásūlon		ᾰ̓σῡ́λω asū́lō	ᾰ̓σῡ́λω asū́lō		ᾰ̓́σῡλοι ásūloi	ᾰ̓́σῡλᾰ ásūla
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ᾰ̓σῡ́λως asū́lōs			—			ᾰ̓σῡλότᾰτος asūlótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἄσῡλον (ásūlon, “sanctuary”)

Further reading

• “ἄσυλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἄσυλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἄσυλος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἄσυλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄσυλος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “ἄσυλος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • holy idem, page 403.
  • inviolable idem, page 457.
  • sacred idem, page 728.
  • sacrosanct idem, page 729.