ἄσημος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Dor. [[ἄσαμος]], ον, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[without]] [[mark]] or [[token]], ἄσημος [[χρυσός]] = [[uncoined]] [[gold]], [[bullion]], or [[plate]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.41</span>; ἄσημον [[χρυσίον]], ἄσημον [[ἀργύριον]], <span class="bibl">Th.2.13</span>,<span class="bibl">6.8</span>, <span class="bibl">Alex.69</span>; freq. in Inscrr., opp. [[ἐπίσημον]], <span class="title">IG</span>1.170.6, 2.652<span class="hiitalic">B</span>22, etc., cf. <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Cont.</span>10</span>; also of [[cattle]], [[not branded]], IG7.3171; of persons, [[without distinguishing marks]] (e. g. [[οὐλαί]]), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PGrenf.</span>1.27.7</span>, al.; <b class="b3">ἄσημα ὅπλα</b> [[arm]]s [[without device]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1112</span>: generally, [[shapeless]], [[formless]], <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">C.</span>3.160</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> later <b class="b3">τὸ ἄσημον</b> (sc. [[ἀργύριον]]) [[plate]], [[silver]], <span class="bibl">LXX<span class="title">Jb.</span>42.11</span>, <span class="title">AP</span>11.371 (Pall.); <b class="b3">μέταλλα ἀσήμου</b> [[silvermine]]s, <span class="bibl">Ptol.<span class="title">Geog.</span>7.2.17</span>: also, = [[electron]], [[alloy]] of [[gold]] and [[silver]], or an [[imitation]] thereof, Ps.-Democr.Alch.<span class="bibl">p.49</span> B., etc.:—masc. [[ἄσημος]], ὁ, <span class="title">PLeid.X.</span>6, al. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> of [[sacrifice]]s, [[oracle]]s, and the like, [[unintelligible]], χρηστήρια <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.92</span>.β; χρησμοί <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>662</span>; <b class="b3">ἄ. ὀργίων μαντεύματε</b> <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>1013</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> [[leaving no mark]], [[indistinct]], </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">a</span> to the [[hearing]], <b class="b3">πτερῶν γὰρ ῥοῖβδος οὐκ ἄσημος ἦν</b> ib.<span class="bibl">1004</span>; of [[sound]]s and [[voice]]s, [[inarticulate]], [[unintelligible]], ἄσημα [[φράζειν]] <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.86</span>; ἄ. κνυζήματα <span class="bibl">Id.2.2</span>; <b class="b3">ἄσημα βοῆς</b> = [[ἄσημος]] [[βοή]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>1209</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> [[without significance]], [[meaningless]], [τοῦ διπλοῦ ὀνόματος] τὸ μὲν ἐκ σημαίνοντος καὶ ἀσήμου <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Po.</span>1457a33</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Rh.</span>1405a35</span>; ἄσημα [[τρίζειν]], of a [[mouse]], <span class="bibl">Babr.108.23</span>; [[μόριον]] <span class="title">Stoic.</span>2.46; [[λέξις]] <span class="bibl">Simp. <span class="title">in Ph.</span>1164.4</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">c</span> to the [[eye]], ἄσημον ἔχειν μυελόν <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">PA</span>652a1</span>: generally, πρὸς τὴν αἴσθησιν ἀσημότερα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Aud.</span>802a14</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">d</span> generally, [[unperceived]], [[unnoticed]], <span class="bibl">A. <span class="title">Ag.</span>1596</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>252</span>; <b class="b3">ἀσήμων ὑπὲρ ἑρμάτων</b> [[hidden]], [[sunken]] [[rock]]s, <span class="bibl">Anacr.38</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> of persons, cities, etc., [[of no mark]], [[obscure]], [[insignificant]], οὐκ ἄ. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">HF</span>849</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ion</span>8</span>; <b class="b3">νὺξ οὐκ ἄσημος</b> a [[night]] to [[be remembered]] (being a [[feast]]), <span class="bibl">Antipho 2.4.8</span>; τὸ τῆς πατρίδος ἢ τοῦ γένους ἄσημον Phld.<span class="title">Sto.Herc.</span>339.16. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">V</span> Adv. [[ἀσήμως]] = [[without leaving traces]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Epid.</span>1.1</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Morb.Sacr.</span>11</span>; [[ἀσήμως]] [[πορεύεσθαι]] <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyn.</span>3.4</span>; [[ἀσήμως]] καὶ [[κενῶς]] [[φθέγγεσθαι]] [[inarticulately]], <span class="bibl">Theopomp.Hist.250</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[ignobly]], οὐκ ἀ. <span class="bibl">D.S.5.52</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdn.1.10.4</span>.</span>