ἀστήρ
Third declension Noun; Masculine
동물
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
ἀστήρ
ἀστέρος
Structure:
ἀστηρ
(Stem)
Etym.: 어근은 STER, a being euphon. , cf. Lat. stella, i. e. sterula.
Sense
- a celestial body (star, planet, and other lights in the sky such as meteors.
- illustrious person
- starfish
- a type of songbird
Declension
Third declension
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- τοὺσ δὲ μέτ’ ἀστέρα τίκτεν Εὡσφόρον Ἠριγένεια ἄστρα τε λαμπετόωντα, τά τ’ οὐρανὸσ ἐστεφάνωται. (Hesiod, Theogony, Book Th. 39:2)
- τὸ δὲ μέγιστον, οὐκέτι ἄνθρωποσ, ἀλλ̓ ἀθάνατοσ γενήσῃ, καὶ ἀστέρα σου φαίνεσθαι ποιήσω κάλλιστον, καὶ ὅλωσ εὐδαίμων ἔσῃ. (Lucian, Dialogi deorum, 6:2)
- ἀλλὰ πρὸσ τὴν οἰμωγὴν αὐτῶν ἐπικλασθέντασ τοὺσ θεοὺσ πῦρ τε ἀναδεῖξαι ἀπὸ τῆσ Λυκίασ, ὡσ γνωρίσαι τὸν τόπον ἐκεῖνον, καί τινα λαμπρὸν ἀστέρα Διοσκούρων τὸν ἕτερον ἐπικαθίσαι τῷ καρχησίῳ καὶ κατευθῦναι τὴν ναῦν ἐπὶ τὰ λαιὰ ἐσ τὸ πέλαγοσ ἤδη τῷ κρημνῷ προσφερομένην· (Lucian, 17:2)
- ὡσ δ’ ἦλθ’, εὐθέωσ ἀοῖον αὐτὸν πάντεσ ἐκάλουν ἀστέρα. (Aristophanes, Peace, Lyric-Scene18)
- πολλοὺσ δὲ πυρσεύσασ φλογερὸν σέλασ ἀμφιρύταν Εὔβοιαν εἷλ’ Ἀχαιῶν μονόκωποσ ἀνήρ, πέτραισ Καφηρίσιν ἐμβαλὼν Αἰγαίαισ τ’ ἐνάλοισ δόλιον ἀκταῖσ ἀστέρα λάμψασ. (Euripides, Helen, choral, antistrophe 13)
Synonyms
-
illustrious person
