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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

  1. a celestial body (star, planet, and other lights in the sky such as meteors.
  2. illustrious person
  3. starfish
  4. 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.

Examples

  • εἶδε δὲ ἐνύπνιον ἕτερον καὶ διηγήσατο αὐτῷ τῷ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ τοῖσ ἀδελφοῖσ αὐτοῦ, καὶ εἶπεν. ἰδοὺ ἐνυπνιασάμην ἐνύπνιον ἕτερον, ὥσπερ ὁ ἥλιοσ καὶ ἡ σελήνη καὶ ἕνδεκα ἀστέρεσ προσεκύνουν με. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 37:9)
  • ἐξ οὐρανοῦ παρετάξαντο οἱ ἀστέρεσ, ἐκ τρίβων αὐτῶν παρετάξαντο μετὰ Σισάρα. (Septuagint, Liber Iudicum 5:20)
  • ἕωσ οὗ μὴ σκοτισθῇ ὁ ἥλιοσ καὶ τὸ φῶσ καὶ ἡ σελήνη καὶ οἱ ἀστέρεσ, καὶ ἐπιστρέψωσι τὰ νέφη ὀπίσω τοῦ ὑετοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Ecclesiastes 12:2)
  • ὁ ἥλιοσ καὶ ἡ σελήνη συσκοτάσουσι, καὶ οἱ ἀστέρεσ δύσουσι φέγγοσ αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ioel 4:15)
  • οἱ γὰρ ἀστέρεσ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ ὁ Ὠρίων καὶ πᾶσ ὁ κόσμοσ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ τὸ φῶσ οὐ δώσουσι, καὶ σκοτισθήσεται τοῦ ἡλίου ἀνατέλλοντοσ, καὶ ἡ σελήνη οὐ δώσει τὸ φῶσ αὐτῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 13:10)

Synonyms

  1. illustrious person

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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