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.
- ὡσ ἀστὴρ ἑωθινὸσ ἐν μέσῳ νεφελῶν, ὡσ σελήνη πλήρησ ἐν ἡμέραισ, (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 50:6)
- περὶ τὸν αὐτὸν δὲ χρόνον καὶ ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ μεθ’ ἡμέραν ἡλίου τ’ ἐξέχοντοσ καὶ οὔσησ αἰθρίασ ἀστὴρ ἐπί τινα χρόνον ἐγένετο ἐκφανήσ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Dinarcho, chapter 3 3:6)
- ‐ ἀὼσ δὴ πέλασ, ἀὼσ γίγνεται, καί τισ προδρόμων ὅδε γ’ ἐστὶν ἀστήρ. (Euripides, Rhesus, choral, strophe 18)
- δὴ γὰρ τότε Σείριοσ ἀστὴρ βαιὸν ὑπὲρ κεφαλῆσ κηριτρεφέων ἀνθρώπων ἔρχεται ἠμάτιοσ, πλεῖον δέ τε νυκτὸσ ἐπαυρεῖ· (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 49:2)
- εὖτ’ ἂν δ’ ἑξήκοντα μετὰ τροπὰσ ἠελίοιο χειμέρι’ ἐκτελέσῃ Ζεὺσ ἤματα, δή ῥα τότ’ ἀστὴρ Ἀρκτοῦροσ προλιπὼν ἱερὸν ῥόον Ὠκεανοῖο πρῶτον παμφαίνων ἐπιτέλλεται ἀκροκνέφαιοσ. (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 62:1)
Synonyms
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illustrious person
