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

  • "ἔστι δὲ λύσαντι μὲν ἔχειν κώμασ τε πολλὰσ καὶ πόλεισ τῶν ἐκείνου, μὴ λύσαντι δ’ ἄστεων τῶν περὶ Ἐλεφαντίνην ἀποστῆναι. (Plutarch, Septem sapientium convivium, chapter, section 6 4:4)
  • ἀστέων μοῖραν, κέκληνται δέ σφιν ἕδραι. (Pindar, Odes, olympian odes, olympian 7 26:1)
  • φαμὶ γὰρ τᾶσδ’ ἐξ ἁλιπλάκτου ποτὲ γᾶσ Ἐπάφοιο κόραν ἀστέων ῥίζαν φυτεύσεσθαι μελησιμβρότων Διὸσ ἐν Ἄμμωνοσ θεμέθλοισ. (Pindar, Odes, pythian odes, pythian 4 4:2)

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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