ἄσημος, Dor.
ἄσᾱμος,ον,
A. without markortoken, ἄ. χρυσός uncoinedgold, 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. ὅπλαarmswithout device,
E. Ph. 1112 : generally,shapeless, formless,
Opp. C. 3.160 .
2. laterτὸ ἄσημον(sc.ἀργύριον)plate, silver,
LXX Jb. 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 thelike,unintelligible,
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