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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Unknown. The comparison with Sanskrit असित (asita, “dark, black”) presupposes that the -σ- in this word was preserved after *-n̥-. Nikolaev pleads for a reconstruction *h₂nsi- for these words, but there is no compelling evidence for h₂-. Compared also to Hittite ḫanzana- (“black”). However, the etymology is still uncertain.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /á.sis/ → /ˈa.sis/ → /ˈa.sis/
Noun
ἄσῐς • (ásis) f (genitive ἄσῐος); third declension
- mud, slime
- Synonyms: ἰλύς (ilús), ὗλις (hûlis)
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Further reading
- “ἄσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἄσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἄσις”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἄσις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἄσις in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἄσις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN