ἄσημος,
Doric dialect ἄσᾱμος, ον, without mark or token, ἄ. χρυσός uncoined gold, bullion, or plate, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.41] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄ. χρυσίον, ἀργύριον, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.13, 6.8, 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 69] Refs 5th c.BC+]; frequently in Inscrr., opposed to ἐπίσημον, [[ “IG” 1.170.6, 2.652 B 22, etc., compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Cont.” 10] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; also of cattle, not branded, [[ Inscriptiones Graecae 7.3171 ] Refs]; of persons, without distinguishing marks (e. g. οὐλαί), [[ “PGrenf.” 1.27.7, +others] Refs]; ἄ. ὅπλα arms without device, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1112] Refs 5th c.BC+]: generally, shapeless, formless, [[ 3rd c.AD: Oppianus Apamensis Epicus “Cynegetica” 3.160. ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__2 later τὸ ἄσημον (i.e. ἀργύριον) plate, silver, [[ LXX.Job.42.11, “Anthologia Graeca” 11.371 (6th c.AD: Palladas Epigrammaticus)] LXX+6th c.AD+]; μέταλλα ἀσήμου silver-mines, [[ 2nd c.AD: Ptolemaeus Mathematicus “Geographia” 7.2.17] Refs 2nd c.AD+]: also, = electron, alloy of gold and silver, or an imitation thereof, [[ 2nd c.AD: Pseudo-Democritus Alchemista Alch. p.49 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—masculine ἄσημος, ὁ, [[ “PLeid.X.” 6, +others ] Refs]
__II of sacrifices, oracles, and the like, unintelligible, χρηστήρια[[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.92. ; χρησμοί 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 662] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄ. ὀργίων μαντεύματε [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1013. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III leaving no mark, indistinct,