ἄσυλον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Hellenic *ə-

Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)

Ancient Greek σύλη (súlē)

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Hellenic *-os

Ancient Greek -ος (-os)

Ancient Greek ἄσυλος (ásulos)

Proto-Indo-European *-om

Proto-Hellenic *-on

Ancient Greek -ον (-on)

Ancient Greek ἄσυλον

Substantivization of ἄσυλος (ásulos).

Pronunciation

 

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

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

Noun

ᾰ̓́σῡλον • (ắsūlon) n (genitive ᾰ̓σῡ́λου); second declension

1. sanctuary

Declension

Second declension of τὸ ᾰ̓́σῡλον; τοῦ ᾰ̓σῡ́λου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ᾰ̓́σῡλον tò ắsūlon	τὼ ᾰ̓σῡ́λω tṑ ăsū́lō	τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓́σῡλᾰ tằ ắsūlă
Genitive	τοῦ ᾰ̓σῡ́λου toû ăsū́lou	τοῖν ᾰ̓σῡ́λοιν toîn ăsū́loin	τῶν ᾰ̓σῡ́λων tôn ăsū́lōn
Dative	τῷ ᾰ̓σῡ́λῳ tōî ăsū́lōi	τοῖν ᾰ̓σῡ́λοιν toîn ăsū́loin	τοῖς ᾰ̓σῡ́λοις toîs ăsū́lois
Accusative	τὸ ᾰ̓́σῡλον tò ắsūlon	τὼ ᾰ̓σῡ́λω tṑ ăsū́lō	τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓́σῡλᾰ tằ ắsūlă
Vocative	ᾰ̓́σῡλον ắsūlon	ᾰ̓σῡ́λω ăsū́lō	ᾰ̓́σῡλᾰ ắsūlă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: asylum
  • Catalan: asil
  • → English: asylum
  • French: asile
  • Galician: asilo
  • → German: Asyl
  • Italian: asilo
  • Occitan: asil
  • Portuguese: asilo
  • Romanian: azil
  • Spanish: asilo