- ἀσύφηλος
- ἀσύφηλοςGrammatical information: adj.Meaning: uncertain, `headstrong?, insulting?' or `foolish'? (Il.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]Etymology: The schol. on Ven. A and Bechtel Lex. connect σοφός (but the ἀ- would be privative, with a non-Greek adj.?). One compared Σίσυφος, σέσυφος πανοῦργος H. Fur. 337 further compares αἰσύφιος δεινός, ψευδης, ἀπατεών H. (-ος Kyr.), which seems to fit well. So prob. a substr. word.Page in Frisk: 1,174
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.