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ἄστυ

Third declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄστυ ἄστεως

Structure: ἀστυ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. a town, city

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

  • ἐγὼ γὰρ πάλαι ὁρῶσά σε νέον ὄντα καὶ καλὸν ὁποῖον οὐκ οἶδα εἴ τινα ἕτερον ἡ Φρυγία τρέφει, μακαρίζω μὲν τοῦ κάλλουσ, αἰτιῶμαι δὲ τὸ μὴ ἀπολιπόντα τοὺσ σκοπέλουσ καὶ ταυτασὶ τὰσ πέτρασ κατ’ ἄστυ ζῆν, ἀλλὰ διαφθείρειν τὸ κάλλοσ ἐν ἐρημίᾳ. (Lucian, Dearum judicium, (no name) 13:3)
  • ὡσ δὲ πλησίον ἔστη τῆσ Ἀττικῆσ ὁ πολέμιοσ,ἡ χώρα δὲ εἰσ τὴν πόλιν κατεκλείετο, καὶ τὸ περιμάχητον καὶ θαυμαζόμενον ὑπὸ πάντων ἄστυ βοῶν καὶ προβάτων ὥσπερ ἔπαυλισ καὶ τῶν βοσκημάτων ἐπληροῦτο, βοηθείασ δ’ οὐδαμόθεν ἦν ἐλπίσ, ἔγραψα τὴν εἰρήνην. (Demades, On the Twelve Years, 14:2)
  • φασί σε κοιρανέειν καὶ Τρώιον ἄστυ φυλάσσειν· (Colluthus, Rape of Helen, book 171)
  • Ἰσοκράτησ ἓξ καὶ ἐνενήκοντα ἔτη γεγονὼσ τὸν πανηγυρικὸν ἔγραφε λόγον, περὶ ἔτη δ’ ἑνὸσ ἀποδέοντα ἑκατὸν γεγονὼσ ὡσ ᾔσθετο Ἀθηναίουσ ὑπὸ Φιλίππου ἐν τῇ περὶ Χαιρώνειαν μάχῃ νενικημένουσ, ποτνιώμενοσ τὸν Εὐριπίδειον στίχον προηνέγκατο εἰσ ἑαυτὸν ἀναφέρων, Σιδώνιὸν ποτ’ ἄστυ Κάδμοσ ἐκλιπών καὶ ἐπειπὼν ὡσ δουλεύσει ἡ Ἑλλάσ, ἐξέλιπε τὸν βίον. (Lucian, Macrobii, (no name) 23:6)
  • ἄστυ, φοινίσσεται αἵματι χρυσο]δίνασ Πακτωλόσ· (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 3 10:1)

Synonyms

  1. a town

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