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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=astu undeclined N N :: city (esp. Athens), town (as opp. to rest of Attica/city-state)
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>astu</b>: ([[asty]], Vitr. 8, 3; 7 praef.), n., indecl., = [[ἄστυ]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[city]], esp. [[Athens]] (as [[urbs]] κατ ἐξοχήν for [[Rome]]): omnes qui arcem astuque accolunt cives, Att. ap. Non. p. 4, 330: An in [[astu]] venit? Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 17: demigrare ex agris et in [[astu]], Cic. Leg. 2, 2, 5; Nep. Them. 4, 1; id. Alcib. 6, 4.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=(1) [[astu]],¹⁵ ([[asty]] Vitr. Arch. 8, 3, 6 ), n. ind, ([[ἄστυ]]), la ville par excellence chez les Grecs, Athènes : Cic. Leg. 2, 5 ; Nep. Them. 4, 1.<br />(2) <b>astū</b>, abl. de [[astus]].
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{{Georges
|georg=(1) [[astu]]<sup>1</sup> ([[asty]]), [[nur]] Akk. u. Abl. astū, n. ([[ἄστυ]]), die [[Stadt]], [[nur]] [[von]] »Athen«, in [[astu]] venire, Ter. eun. 987. Nep. Alc. 6, 4: in [[astu]], [[quod]] appellatur, se conferre, Cic. de legg. 2, 5: accedere [[astu]], Nep. Them. 4, 1: in [[asty]] et portum Piraeum ducti sunt [[salientes]], Vitr. 8, 3, 6: in [[asty]] [[Olympium]] architectandum suscipere, Vitr. 7. praef. 17.<br />'''(2)''' astū<sup>2</sup>, Abl. v. [[astus]], w. s.
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