ἄσιτος

Ancient Greek

FWOTD – 18 February 2024

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-, not) +‎ σῖτος (sîtos, “grain, food”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.siː.tos/ → /ˈa.si.tos/ → /ˈa.si.tos/

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

Adjective

ἄσῑτος • (ásītos) m or f (neuter ἄσῑτον); second declension

1. without food, fasting
2. lacking in appetite
3. of forbidden food
4. devoid of grain

Declension

Second declension of ἄσῑτος; ἄσῑτον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἄσῑτος ásītos	ἄσῑτον ásīton		ἀσῑ́τω asī́tō	ἀσῑ́τω asī́tō		ἄσῑτοι ásītoi	ἄσῑτᾰ ásīta
Genitive		ἀσῑ́του asī́tou	ἀσῑ́του asī́tou		ἀσῑ́τοιν asī́toin	ἀσῑ́τοιν asī́toin		ἀσῑ́των asī́tōn	ἀσῑ́των asī́tōn
Dative		ἀσῑ́τῳ asī́tōi	ἀσῑ́τῳ asī́tōi		ἀσῑ́τοιν asī́toin	ἀσῑ́τοιν asī́toin		ἀσῑ́τοις asī́tois	ἀσῑ́τοις asī́tois
Accusative		ἄσῑτον ásīton	ἄσῑτον ásīton		ἀσῑ́τω asī́tō	ἀσῑ́τω asī́tō		ἀσῑ́τους asī́tous	ἄσῑτᾰ ásīta
Vocative		ἄσῑτε ásīte	ἄσῑτον ásīton		ἀσῑ́τω asī́tō	ἀσῑ́τω asī́tō		ἄσῑτοι ásītoi	ἄσῑτᾰ ásīta
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἀσῑ́τως asī́tōs			ἀσῑτότερος asītóteros			ἀσῑτότᾰτος asītótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀσῑτέω (asītéō)
• ἀσῑτῐ́ᾱ (asītíā)

 

Further reading

• “ἄσιτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἄσιτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἄσιτος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἄσιτος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄσιτος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἄσιτος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)