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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

  • μηδεὶσ τὸν ἄργυρον ἢ τὴν ἐσθῆτα ἐξεταζέτω μηδὲ ἀναγραφέτω ἐν τῇ ἑορτῇ μηδὲ γυμναζέσθω Κρονίοισ μηδὲ λόγουσ ἀσκεῖν ἢ ἐπιδείκνυσθαι, πλὴν εἴ τινεσ ἀστεῖοι καὶ φαιδροὶ σκῶμμα καὶ παιδιὰν ἐμφαίνοντεσ. (Lucian, Saturnalia, 1:5)
  • ἐν μεγέθει γὰρ ἡ μεγαλοψυχία, ὥσπερ καὶ τὸ κάλλοσ ἐν μεγάλῳ σώματι, οἱ μικροὶ δ’ ἀστεῖοι καὶ σύμμετροι, καλοὶ δ’ οὔ. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 4 66:2)
  • ἦ γὰρ ἂν ἀστεῖοι καὶ δημωφελεῖσ εἰε͂ν οἱ λόγοι. (Plato, Parmenides, Philebus, Symposium, Phaedrus, 5:1)
  • οἱ δὲ μηχανώμενοι γέλωτα τοῖσ συνοῦσι μήτε ἐπὶ τῷ αὑτῶν κέρδει μήτ’ ἐπὶ ζημίᾳ τῶν ἀκουόντων μήτε ἐπὶ βλάβῃ μηδεμιᾷ, πῶσ οὐχ οὗτοι ἀστεῖοι ἂν καὶ εὐχάριτεσ δικαιότερον ὀνομάζοιντο μᾶλλον ἢ ἀλαζόνεσ; (Xenophon, Cyropaedia, , chapter 2 13:3)

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