ἄσημος

asemos

without mark

Appears 11 times across Aristotle's works.

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Poetics 6
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Chapter 20 1456b20–1457a30

1456b35
1456b38
1457a4
1457a6
1457a8
Chapter 21 1457a31–1458a17

1457a33
De Audibilibus 1
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Chapter 1 800a1–804b39

802a14
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 1
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Chapter 47 833b18–20

833b18
Oeconomica 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 2 1346a32–1353b27

1351a13
Parts of Animals 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 6 651b20–652a23

652a1
Rhetoric 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 2 1404b1–1405b34

1405a34

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἄσημος, Dor. ἄσᾱμος, ον, A. without mark or token, ἄ. χρυσός uncoined gold, bullion, or plate, Hdt. 9.41; ἄ. χρυσίον, 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, IG 7.3171; of persons, without distinguishing marks (e. g. οὐλαί), PGrenf. 1.27.7, al.; ἄ. ὅπλα arms without device, E. Ph. 1112: generally, shapeless, formless, Opp. C. 3.160. 2. later τὸ ἄσημον (sc. ἀργύριον) plate, silver, LXXJb. 42.11, AP 11.371 (Pall.); μέταλλα ἀσήμου silver-mines, 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. II. of sacrifices, oracles, and the like, unintelligible, χρηστήρια Hdt. 5.92.βʹ; ; χρησμοί A. Pr. 662; ἄ. ὀργίων μαντεύματε S. Ant. 1013. III. leaving no mark, indistinct, a. to the hearing, πτερῶν γὰρ ῥοῖβδος οὐκ ἄ. ἦν ib.1004; of sounds and voices, inarticulate, unintelligible, ἄσημα φράζειν Hdt. 1.86; ἄ. κνυζήματα Id. 2.2; ἄσημα βοῆς, = ἄσημος βοή, S. Ant. 1209. b. 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. c. to the eye, ἄσημον ἔχειν μυελόν Arist. PA 652a1: generally, πρὸς τὴν αἴσθησιν -ότερα Id. Aud. 802a14. d. generally, unperceived, unnoticed, A. Ag. 1596, S. Ant. 252; ἀσήμων ὑπὲρ ἑρμάτων hidden, sunken rocks, Anacr. 38. IV. of persons, cities, etc., of no mark, obscure, insignificant, οὐκ ἄ. E. HF 849, cf. Ion 8; νὺξ οὐκ ἄ. a night to be remembered (being a feast), Antipho 2.4.8; τὸ τῆς πατρίδος ἢ τοῦ γένους ἄσημον Phld. Sto.Herc. 339.16. V. Adv. -μως without leaving traces, Hp. Epid. 1.1, Morb.Sacr. 11; ἀ. πορεύεσθαι X. Cyn. 3.4; ἀ. καὶ κενῶς φθέγγεσθαι inarticulately, Theopomp.Hist. 250. 2. ignobly, οὐκ ἀ. D.S. 5.52, Hdn. 1.10.4.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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