Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἄσυλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄσυλος ἄσυλη ἄσυλον

Structure: ἀσυλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: su/lh

Sense

  1. safe from violence, inviolate, safe from
  2. a refuge

Examples

  • ἐπεὶ δὲ καὶ χρημάτων ἔδει πολλῶν πρὸσ τὸν πόλεμον, ἐκίνει τὰ τῆσ Ἑλλάδοσ ἄσυλα, τοῦτο μὲν ἐξ Ἐπιδαύρου, τοῦτο δὲ ἐξ Ὀλυμπίασ, τὰ κάλλιστα καὶ πολυτελέστατα τῶν ἀναθημάτων μεταπεμπόμενοσ. (Plutarch, Sulla, chapter 12 3:2)
  • εἰσ τοὺσ αὐτούσ πρόσθε τάδ’ ἠε͂ν ἄσυλα· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 8, chapter 1981)
  • οἰμωγῆσ τε ἅμα παὶ ὀργῆσ καὶ δέουσ καὶ ἀπειλῆσ ἡ πόλισ ἐνεπέπληστο, καὶ ἐν ταῖσ ὁδοῖσ ἀνεκάλουν τὰ φίλτατα, καὶ ἐσ τὰ ἱερὰ ὡσ ἄσυλα κατέφευγον, καὶ τοὺσ θεοὺσ ὠνείδιζον ὡσ οὐδὲ σφίσιν αὐτοῖσ ἐπικουρῆσαι δυναμένουσ. (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 13 3:5)
  • Φιλίππων μὲν οὖν ἐστιν ἕτεροσ λόφοσ οὐ μακράν, ὃν Διονύσου λέγουσιν, ἐν ᾧ καὶ τὰ χρυσεῖα ἔστι τὰ Ἄσυλα καλούμενα. (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 4, chapter 13 5:1)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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