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|Definition=ἀστεία, ἀστεῖον, also ἀστεῖος, ἀστεῖον Diph.73: ([[ἄστυ]]):—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[of the town]] (but in the literal sense [[ἀστικός]] is used).<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[town-bred]], [[polite]], Pl.''Phd.'' 116d; opp. [[ἄγροικος]], Plu.''Mar.''3; γένοιτ' ἀστεῖος οἰκῶν ἐν πόλει Alc. Com.26; [[charming]], Isoc.2.34.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of thoughts and words, [[refined]], [[elegant]], [[witty]], <b class="b3">διάλεκτον ἀστείαν ὑποθηλυτέραν</b>, opp. <b class="b3">ἀνελεύθερον ὑπαγροικοτέραν</b>, Ar.''Fr.''685; ἀστεῖόν τι λέξαι Id.''Ra.''901; <b class="b3">ἀστεῖον λέγεις</b> (where there is a play on the double sense, [[witty]] and [[popular]]) Id.''Nu.''204; ἀστεῖοι καὶ δημωφελεῖς οἱ λόγοι Pl.''Phdr.''227d; [[ἀστεῖον]] [[εἰπεῖν]] ''Com.Anon.''248 Mein., cf. Axiop.1.14; ἀστειοτάτας ἐπινοίας Ar.''Eq.'' 539; of persons, οἱ ἀστεῖοι = the [[wit]]s, Pl.''R.''452d; τὰ [[ἀστεῖα]] = [[witty]] [[saying]]s, [[witticism]]s, Arist.''Rh.''1411b21, al. Adv. [[ἀστεῖως]] J.''AJ''12.4.4, Plu.2.123f, Luc.''Nigr.''13.<br><span class="bld">3</span> as a general word of [[praise]], of things and persons, [[pretty]], [[charming]], βοσκήματε Ar.''Ach.''811; [[ἑορτή]] Pl.''Grg.'' 447a; ἀστεῖος καὶ [[εὐήθης]] Id.''R.''349b, cf. ''Phdr.''242e, Hp.''Ep.''13; ἐστὶ γοῦν ἁπλῆ τις;—ἀστεία μὲν οὖν Anaxil.21; <b class="b3">ἀστεῖόν [ἐστι] ὅτι ἐρυθριᾷς</b> it is [[charming]] to see you [[blush]], Pl.''Ly.''204c; <b class="b3">ἀστεῖον πάνυ εἰ</b> . . Men. ''Sam.''149.<br><span class="bld">b</span> ironically, ἀστεῖον [[κέρδος]] = a [[pretty]] [[piece]] of [[luck]], Ar.''Nu.'' 1064; ἀστεῖος εἶ Diph.73.<br><span class="bld">4</span> of outward appearance, [[pretty]], [[graceful]], [[LXX]] ''Ex.''2.2, al.; οἱ μικροὶ ἀ. καὶ σύμμετροι, καλοὶ δ' οὔ Arist. ''EN''1123b7; [[handsome]], [[LXX]] ''Jd.''3.17 (of Eglon): in Comedy, of [[dainty]] [[dish]]es, [[κραμβίδιον]], [[κρεΐσκον]], Antiph.6, Alex.189.<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[good]] of its kind, [[αἷμα]] Hp.''Alim.''44; [[ἑλλέβορος]] Str.9.3.3; [[οἶνος]] Plu.2.620d; of persons, [[good]], Ph.1.97, Plu.''Them.''5; [[ἀστεῖα]] = [[good qualities]], opp. [[φαῦλα]], Demetr.''Eloc.''114. Adv. [[ἀστείως]] = [[honourably]], [[πράττων]] [[LXX]] ''2 Ma.'' 12.43, cf. Ph.1.244.