ἄσημος,
Doric dialect ἄσᾱμος, ον,
without mark or
token, ἄ. χρυσός
uncoined gold, bullion, or plate, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄ. χρυσίον, ἀργύριον, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; frequently in Inscrr, opposed to ἐπίσημον, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]; also of cattle,
not branded, [
Refs]; of persons,
without distinguishing marks (e. g. οὐλαί), [
Refs]; ἄ. ὅπλα arms
without device, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: generally,
shapeless, formless, [
Refs 3rd c.AD+]
2) later τὸ ἄσημον (i.e. ἀργύριον)
plate, silver, [
LXX+6th c.AD+]; μέταλλα ἀσήμου
silver-mines, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]: also, =
electron, alloy of gold and silver, or an imitation thereof, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:—
masculine ἄσημος, ὁ, [
Refs]
II) of sacrifices, oracles, and the like,
unintelligible, χρηστήρια[
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄ. ὀργίων μαντεύματε [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
III)
leaving no mark, indistinct, III.a) to the hearing, πτερῶν γὰρ ῥοῖβδος οὐκ ἄ. ἦν [
Refs]; of sounds and voices,
inarticulate, unintelligible, ἄσημα φράζειν[
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄσημα βοῆς, ={ἄσημος βοή}, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
III.b)
without significance, meaningless, [τοῦ διπλοῦ ὀνόματος] τὸ μὲν ἐκ σημαίνοντος καὶ ἀσήμου[
Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἄσημα τρίζειν, of a mouse, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
III.c) to the eye, ἄσημον ἔχειν μυελόν[
Refs 4th c.BC+]
III.d) generally,
unperceived, unnoticed, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀσήμων ὑπὲρ ἑρμάτων
hidden, sunken rocks, [
Refs 6th c.BC+]
IV) of persons, cities, etc,
of no mark, obscure, insignificant, οὐκ ἄ.[
Refs 5th c.BC+]; νὺξ οὐκ ἄ. a night
to be remembered (being a feast), [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
V)
adverb -μως without leaving traces,[
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. καὶ κενῶς φθέγγεσθαι
inarticulately, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
V.2)
ignobly, οὐκ ἀ.[
Refs 1st c.BC+]