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ἀστεῖος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀστεῖος ἀστείᾱ ἀστεῖον

Structure: ἀστει (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)/stu

Sense

  1. of the city, cosmopolitan
  2. having polished manners; urbane
  3. elegant, handsome, fair

Examples

  • οὕτω δ’ ὅπωσ ἐρεῖτον ἀστεῖα καὶ μήτ’ εἰκόνασ μήθ’ οἷ’ ἂν ἄλλοσ εἴποι. (Aristophanes, Frogs, Agon, 2)
  • καὶ μὴν οὐκ ἔδει γε ἑταίρῳ ἀνδρὶ ἐπιγελᾶν Ἀστεῖα γάρ, ὦ Καλλιδημίδη, πέπονθασ. (Lucian, Dialogi mortuorum, 4:3)
  • ἀγαθὸν τοίνυν ἐν τοῖσ ἀβουλήτοισ συμπτώμασι πρὸσ εὐθυμίαν καὶ τὸ μὴ παρορᾶν ὅσα προσφιλῆ καὶ ἀστεῖα πάρεστιν ἡμῖν, ἀλλὰ μιγνύντασ ἐξαμαυροῦν τὰ χείρονα τοῖσ βελτίοσι. (Plutarch, De tranquilitate animi, section 8 1:1)
  • ἀγαθὸν τοίνυν ἐν τοῖσ ἀβουλήτοισ συμπτώμασι πρὸσ εὐθυμίαν καὶ τὸ μὴ παρορᾶν ὅσα προσφιλῆ καὶ ἀστεῖα πάρεστιν ἡμῖν, ἀλλὰ μιγνύντασ ἐξαμαυροῦν τὰ χείρονα τοῖσ βελτίοσι. (Plutarch, De tranquilitate animi, section 8 3:1)
  • καὶ ταῦτα μὲν ἀστεῖα τοῦ Σελεύκου. (Plutarch, Demetrius, chapter 32 4:1)
  • καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ὁ ἄγγελοσ τοῦ Θεοῦ. διατί ἐπάταξασ τὴν ὄνον σου τοῦτο τρίτον̣ καὶ ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἐξῆλθον εἰσ διαβολήν σου, ὅτι οὐκ ἀστεία ἡ ὁδόσ σου ἐναντίον μου, (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 22:32)
  • καὶ νῦν ἀστεία εἶ σὺ ἐν τῷ εἴδει σου καὶ ἀγαθὴ ἐν τοῖσ λόγοισ σου. ὅτι ἐὰν ποιήσῃσ καθὰ ἐλάλησασ, ὁ Θεόσ σου ἔσται μου Θεόσ, καὶ σὺ ἐν οἴκῳ βασιλέωσ Ναβουχοδονόσορ καθήσῃ καὶ ἔσῃ ὀνομαστὴ παρὰ πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν. (Septuagint, Liber Iudith 11:23)

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