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|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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