Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ᾀστέος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ᾀστέος ᾀστέη ᾀστέον

Structure: ᾀστε (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)/idw

Sense

  1. one must sing

Examples

  • ὥστ’ εἰσ ἐμαυτὸν καὶ τὸν υἱὸν τουτονὶ ἐπ’ εὐτυχίαισιν ᾀστέον μοὐγκώμιον. (Aristophanes, Clouds, Lyric-Scene, iambics23)
  • πότερον δ’ ᾀστέον νῦν καὶ κιθαριστέον ἢ οὔτε ᾀστέον οὔτε κιθαριστέον οὐκ ἐρεῖ. (Epictetus, Works, book 1, 3:6)
  • οὐδ’ ᾀστέον αὐτοῖσ ὅτι ‐ δῶρα θεοὺσ πείθει, δῶρ’ αἰδοίουσ βασιλῆασ· (Plato, Republic, book 3 92:1)
  • τούτου φασὶν ᾅδοντοσ καταγελάσαι τὰ παιδάρια, τὸν δὲ μαθόντα φάναι, "βέλτιον οὖν ἡμῖν ᾀστέον διὰ τὰ παιδάρια. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, B, Kef. a'. ANACIMANDROS 2:4)

Synonyms

  1. one must sing

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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