ἄσημος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Dor. [[ἄσαμος]], ον,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[without]] [[mark]] or [[token]], ἄσημος [[χρυσός]] = [[uncoined]] [[gold]], [[bullion]], or [[plate]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]9.41; ἄσημον [[χρυσίον]], ἄσημον [[ἀργύριον]], Th.2.13,6.8, Alex.69; freq. in Inscrr., opp. [[ἐπίσημον]], ''IG''1.170.6, 2.652B22, etc., cf. Luc.''Cont.''10; also of [[cattle]], [[not branded]], IG7.3171; of persons, [[without distinguishing marks]] (e.g. [[οὐλαί]]), ''PGrenf.''1.27.7, al.; <b class="b3">ἄσημα ὅπλα</b> [[arm]]s [[without device]], E.''Ph.''1112: generally, [[shapeless]], [[formless]], Opp.''C.''3.160.<br><span class="bld">2</span> later [[τὸ ἄσημον]] (''[[sc.]]'' [[ἀργύριον]]) [[plate]], [[silver]], [[LXX]] ''Jb.''42.11, ''AP''11.371 (Pall.); <b class="b3">μέταλλα ἀσήμου</b> [[silvermines]], Ptol.''Geog.''7.2.17: also, = [[electron]], [[alloy]] of [[gold]] and [[silver]], or an [[imitation]] thereof, Ps.-Democr.Alch.p.49 B., etc.:—masc. [[ἄσημος]], ὁ, ''PLeid.X.''6, al.<br><span class="bld">II</span> of [[sacrifice]]s, [[oracle]]s, and the like, [[unintelligible]], χρηστήρια [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]5.92.β; χρησμοί [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''662; <b class="b3">ἄ. ὀργίων μαντεύματε</b> S.''Ant.''1013.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[leaving no mark]], [[indistinct]],<br><span class="bld">a</span> to the [[hearing]], <b class="b3">πτερῶν γὰρ ῥοῖβδος οὐκ ἄσημος ἦν</b> ib.1004; of [[sound]]s and [[voice]]s, [[inarticulate]], [[unintelligible]], ἄσημα [[φράζειν]] [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.86; ἄ. κνυζήματα Id.2.2; <b class="b3">ἄσημα βοῆς</b> = [[ἄσημος]] [[βοή]], S.''Ant.''1209.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[without significance]], [[meaningless]], [τοῦ διπλοῦ ὀνόματος] τὸ μὲν ἐκ σημαίνοντος καὶ ἀσήμου Arist.''Po.''1457a33, ''Rh.''1405a35; ἄσημα [[τρίζειν]], of a [[mouse]], Babr.108.23; [[μόριον]] ''Stoic.''2.46; [[λέξις]] Simp. ''in Ph.''1164.4.<br><span class="bld">c</span> to the [[eye]], ἄσημον ἔχειν μυελόν [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[De Partibus Animalium|PA]]''652a1: generally, πρὸς τὴν αἴσθησιν ἀσημότερα Id.''Aud.''802a14.<br><span class="bld">d</span> generally, [[unperceived]], [[unnoticed]], A. ''Ag.''1596, S.''Ant.''252; <b class="b3">ἀσήμων ὑπὲρ ἑρμάτων</b> [[hidden]], [[sunken]] [[rock]]s, Anacr.38.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> of persons, cities, etc., [[of no mark]], [[obscure]], [[insignificant]], οὐκ ἄ. E.''HF''849, cf. ''Ion''8; <b class="b3">νὺξ οὐκ ἄσημος</b> a [[night]] to [[be remembered]] (being a [[feast]]), Antipho 2.4.8; τὸ τῆς πατρίδος ἢ τοῦ γένους ἄσημον Phld.''Sto.Herc.''339.16.<br><span class="bld">V</span> Adv. [[ἀσήμως]] = [[without leaving traces]], Hp.''Epid.''1.1, ''Morb.Sacr.''11; [[ἀσήμως]] [[πορεύεσθαι]] [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cynegeticus|Cyn.]]''3.4; [[ἀσήμως]] καὶ [[κενῶς]] [[φθέγγεσθαι]] [[inarticulately]], Theopomp.Hist.250.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[ignobly]], οὐκ [[ἀσήμως]] [[Diodorus Siculus|D.S.]]5.52, Hdn.1.10.4.