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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
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἄστρον ά̓στρω ά̓στρα
Genitive ά̓στρου ά̓στροιν ά̓στρων
Dative ά̓στρῳ ά̓στροιν ά̓στροις
Accusative ἄστρον ά̓στρω ά̓στρα
Vocative ά̓στρον ά̓στρω ά̓στρα

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

  • ἀσπίδα δ’ ὡσ ἀγήρων καὶ χρωμένην κινήσεσιν ἀνοργάνοισ μετ’ εὐπετείασ καὶ ὑγρότητοσ ἄστρῳ προσείκασαν. (Plutarch, De Iside et Osiride, section 74 6:1)
  • καὶ πρῶτον μὲν Ἥλιον βασιλεῦσαι τῶν κατ’ Αἴγυπτον, ὁμώνυμον ὄντα τῷ κατ’ οὐρανὸν ἄστρῳ. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 1, chapter 13 2:2)
  • "ἐγώ εἰμι ἡ ἐν τῷ ἄστρῳ τῷ ἐν τῷ κυνὶ ἐπιτέλλουσα· (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 1, chapter 27 4:6)

Synonyms

  1. planet

  2. the sun

  3. constellation

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