ἀσύμ-πτωτος,ον,
A. not falling in, full,of face or body, Hp. Hum. 4 , Gal. 11.25 , al.;not closing,of the edges of a wound, ἀ. χείλη
Antyll.
ap. Orib. 7.11.10 ;not liable to collapse,
Anon.Lond. 26.50 .
II. not touching,
τῇ ψυχῇ
Plu. Lib. 7
.
2. esp. in Math., of lines or planeswhich never meet,e. g. parallel straight lines, Hero
*Deff.
70 ; of lineswhich do not cuta curve,non-secant,
ἀ. τῇ τομῇ αἱ Γδ, Γε
Apollon.Perg. Con. 2.1
, cf. 14 ;ἀσύμπτωτος(sc.γραμμή),ἡ,asymptote,of the hyperbola, ib. 2.3 , etc.; of the conchoid, Procl. in Euc. p.366 F.