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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

  • "οἶμαι γὰρ ἔγωγε τὸν φρόνιμον καὶ ἀπράγμονα εἶναι καὶ ὀλιγοπράγμονα καὶ τὰ αὑτοῦ πράττειν ὁμοίωσ τῆσ τ’ αὐτοπραγίασ καὶ τῆσ ὀλιγοπραγμοσύνησ ἀστείων ὄντων. (Plutarch, De Stoicorum repugnantiis, section 20 2:1)
  • ἀλλ’ ὅμωσ καὶ οὗτοι χωρὶσ ἀξιοῦσιν εἶναι τά τε τῶν ἀστείων σκώμματα καὶ τὰ τῶν πολλῶν· (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 22:15)

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