ἄσημος,
Dor. ἄσᾱμος, ον,
I
1. 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, 2.652 B 22, 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, LXX [Job 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. β; χρησμοί A. Pr. 662; ἄ. ὀργίων μαντεύματε S. Ant. 1013.
III
1. leaving no mark, indistinct, 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. 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. to the eye, ἄσημον ἔχειν μυελόν Arist. PA 652a1: generally, πρὸς τὴν αἴσθησιν -ότερα Id. Aud. 802a14. generally, unperceived, unnoticed, A. Ag. 1596, S. Ant. 252; ἀσήμων ὑπὲρ ἑρμάτων hidden, sunken rocks, Anacr. 38. 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. 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.
ἄσημος , - ον
( < σῆμα , a mark),
[in LXX : [Gen 30:42] (H5848), [Job 42:11], [3M][a 1:3] * ;]
without mark (in Papyri of an uncircumcised boy: Deiss ., BS, 153; MM , s.v. ). Metaph . ( MM , s.v. ), unknown, obscure: litotes, οὐκ ἄ ( Eur ., al. ), πόλις , [Act 21:39]. †