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ἄστρον

Second declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄστρον ἄστρου

Structure: ἀστρ (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Sense

  1. A celestial body:, fixed star
  2. planet
  3. the sun
  4. constellation

Declension

Second 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

  • τὰ γὰρ ὕστερον μᾶλλον ὄντα δῆλα καὶ καταφανῆ δεικνύει τὴν τῆσ Τύχησ εὐμένειαν, ᾗ ἔγωγε τίθεμαι καὶ τὴν Ἀλεξάνδρου τελευτήν, ἀνδρὸσ εὐτυχήμασι μεγάλοισ καὶ κατορθώμασι λαμπροῖσ ὑπὸ θάρσουσ ἀμάχου καὶ φρονήματοσ ὥσπερ ἄστρου φερομένου καὶ διᾴττοντοσ ἐπὶ δυσμὰσ ἐξ ἀνατολῶν καὶ βάλλοντοσ ἤδη τὰσ τῶν ὅπλων αὐγὰσ εἰσ τὴν Ἰταλίαν, ὡσ πρόφασισ μὲν ἦν αὐτῷ τῆσ στρατείασ ὁ Μολοττὸσ Ἀλέξανδροσ ὑπὸ Βρεττίων καὶ Λευκανῶν περὶ Πανδοσίαν κατακεκομμένοσ· (Plutarch, De fortuna Romanorum, section 132)
  • καὶ κατορθώμασι λαμπροῖσ ὑπὸ θάρσουσ ἀμάχου καὶ φρονήματοσ ὥσπερ ἄστρου φερομένου καὶ διᾴττοντοσ ἐπὶ δυσμὰσ ἐξ ἀνατολῶν καὶ βάλλοντοσ; (Plutarch, De fortuna Romanorum, section 13 2:1)
  • "ὁμολογῶν δὲ σκιὰν τῆσ σελήνησ φέρεσθαι πρὸσ ἡμᾶσ, οὐκ οἶδ’ ὅ τι λέγειν ἑαυτῷ καταλέλοιπεν ἄστρου δὲ σκιὰν ἀδύνατον γενέσθαι· (Plutarch, De faciae quae in orbe lunae apparet, section 19 12:3)
  • καὶ τὴν φύσιν οὐχ ἁπλῆν οὐδ’ ἄμικτον, ἀλλ’ οἱο͂ν ἄστρου σύγκραμα καὶ γῆσ οὖσαν· (Plutarch, De faciae quae in orbe lunae apparet, section 29 1:1)
  • Εὔδοξοσ δ’ εὔχετο παραστὰσ τῷ ἡλίῳ καὶ καταμαθὼν τὸ σχῆμα τοῦ ἄστρου καὶ τὸ μέγεθοσ καὶ τὸ εἶδοσ ὡσ ὁ Φαέθων καταφλεγῆναι· (Plutarch, Non posse suaviter vivi secundum Epicurum, section 1111)

Synonyms

  1. planet

  2. the sun

  3. constellation

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