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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

  • ἐνιαυτῶν κύκλουσ καὶ ἀστέρων θέσεισ, (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 7:19)
  • σὺ δὲ εἶπασ ἐν τῇ διανοίᾳ σου. εἰσ τὸν οὐρανὸν ἀναβήσομαι, ἐπάνω τῶν ἀστέρων τοῦ οὐρανοῦ θήσω τὸν θρόνον μου, καθιῶ ἐν ὄρει ὑψηλῷ, ἐπὶ τὰ ὄρη τὰ ὑψηλὰ τὰ πρὸσ Βορρᾶν, (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 14:13)
  • ἀλλὰ μεταξὺ λόγων ἤδη πολὺ προϊόντεσ ἀπεσπάσαμεν τῶν ἀστέρων καὶ σχεδόν γε κατὰ τὴν Φρυγίαν ἐσμέν. (Lucian, Dearum judicium, (no name) 5:1)
  • ἀμφι τε ὀνρανοὺ ἀμφί τε ἀστβρων ἡ γραφη, οὐκ αὐτῶν ἀστέρων οὐδ’ αὐτοῦ πβρι ὀνρανού, ἀλλὰ μαντείησ καὶ ἀληθείησ, ἣ δὴ ἐκ τουτέων ἐσ ἀνθρώπων βίον ἔρχεται. (Lucian, De astrologia, (no name) 1:1)
  • εὑρ͂ον δὲ καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἀστέρων τὴν φορήν, τοὺσ δὴ πλάνητασ ἡμεῖσ καλέομεν ‐ μοῦνοι γὰρ τῶν ἄλλων κινέονται ‐ φύσιν τε αὐτῶν καὶ δυναστείην καὶ ἔργα τὰ ἕκαστοσ ἐπιτελέουσιν. (Lucian, De astrologia, (no name) 4:1)

Synonyms

  1. illustrious person

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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