| |Definition=τό, Ep. and Ion. gen. εος (disyll. in <span class="bibl">Semon.7.74</span>), Att. and Trag. εως (ἄστεος is never required by the metre, ἄστεως (trisyll.) is necessary in <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>761</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ph.</span>842</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">El.</span>246</span>, and is the only form found in Att. Inscrr., as <span class="title">IG</span>2.584.7, 22.463.76; it is a disyll. in <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>298</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ba.</span> 840</span>): pl., <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> ἄστη <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Supp.</span>952</span>; ἄστεα <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.5</span>:—[[town]], ἄστυ μέγα Πριάμοιο <span class="bibl">Il.2.332</span>, al.: with name in gen., <b class="b3">Σουσίδος ἄστυ, Σούσων ἄστυ</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>119</span>, <span class="bibl">535</span>; ἄστυ Θήβης <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1372</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Tr.</span>1154</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[lower]] [[town]], opp. [[acropolis]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.176</span>, al. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> in Attica, [[town]] (i.e. [[Athens]]), opp. [[ἀγρός]] ([[country]]), mostly without Art., στυγῶν μὲν ἄ. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>33</span>; ἐξ ἄστεως νῦν εἰς ἀγρὸν χωρῶμεν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span>107</span>; <b class="b3">ἔγημα . . ἄγροικος ὢν ἐξ ἄστεως</b> I [[marry|married]] a [[town]] [[girl]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Nu.</span>47</span>; τῶν κατ' ἄστυ πραγμάτων Men.<span class="title">Georg. Fr.</span>4: also with Art., πρὸς τὸ ἄστυ <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>327b</span>, <span class="bibl">328c</span>, al. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[Athens]], opp. [[Phalerum]] or [[Piraeus]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Smp.</span>172a</span>, <span class="bibl">D.20.12</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1303b12</span>, al.; <b class="b3">τὸ ἄστυ τῆς πόλεως</b>, opp. [[Piraeus]], <span class="bibl">Lycurg.18</span>; <b class="b3">ἄρχοντος ἐν ἄστει</b>, opp. <b class="b3">ἐν Σαλαμῖνι</b>, <span class="title">IG</span>2.594. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> in Egypt, [[Alexandria]], <span class="bibl">PHal.1.89</span> (iii B. C.), St.Byz. [[sub verbo|s.v.]] [[ἄστυ]], etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> [[town]] in the material sense, opp. [[πόλις]] (the [[civic body]]), <span class="bibl">Il.17.144</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> Adv. [[ἄστυδε]] ([[quod vide|q.v.]]). ([[ϝάστυ]], cf. [[ϝασστυόχος]] <span class="title">IG</span>5(2).77 (Tegea): gen. [[ϝάστιος]] ib.7.3170 (Orchom. Boeot.) from Proto-Hellenic ''*wástu''; cognate with Sanskrit वस्तु (vástu, “[[house]]”), Latin [[verna]], Tocharian A ''waṣt'', Tocharian B ''ost''.: but prob. not cogn. with Skt. ''vásati'' '[[dwell]]', which has e in the root.)</span> | | |Definition=τό, Ep. and Ion. gen. εος (disyll. in Semon.7.74), Att. and Trag. εως (ἄστεος is never required by the metre, ἄστεως (trisyll.) is necessary in E.''Or.''761, ''Ph.''842, ''El.''246, and is the only form found in Att. Inscrr., as ''IG''2.584.7, 22.463.76; it is a disyll. in E.''El.''298, ''Ba.'' 840): pl.,<br><span class="bld">A</span> ἄστη Id.''Supp.''952; ἄστεα Hdt.1.5:—[[town]], ἄστυ μέγα Πριάμοιο Il.2.332, al.: with name in gen., <b class="b3">Σουσίδος ἄστυ, Σούσων ἄστυ</b>, A.''Pers.''119, 535; ἄστυ Θήβης S.''OC''1372, ''Tr.''1154, etc.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[lower]] [[town]], opp. [[acropolis]], Hdt.1.176, al.<br><span class="bld">II</span> in Attica, [[town]] (i.e. [[Athens]]), opp. [[ἀγρός]] ([[country]]), mostly without Art., στυγῶν μὲν ἄ. Ar.''Ach.''33; ἐξ ἄστεως νῦν εἰς ἀγρὸν χωρῶμεν Id.''Fr.''107; <b class="b3">ἔγημα . . ἄγροικος ὢν ἐξ ἄστεως</b> I [[marry|married]] a [[town]] [[girl]], Id.''Nu.''47; τῶν κατ' ἄστυ πραγμάτων Men.''Georg. Fr.''4: also with Art., πρὸς τὸ ἄστυ Pl.''R.''327b, 328c, al.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[Athens]], opp. [[Phalerum]] or [[Piraeus]], Id.''Smp.''172a, D.20.12, Arist.''Pol.''1303b12, al.; <b class="b3">τὸ ἄστυ τῆς πόλεως</b>, opp. [[Piraeus]], Lycurg.18; <b class="b3">ἄρχοντος ἐν ἄστει</b>, opp. <b class="b3">ἐν Σαλαμῖνι</b>, ''IG''2.594.<br><span class="bld">3</span> in Egypt, [[Alexandria]], PHal.1.89 (iii B. C.), St.Byz. [[sub verbo|s.v.]] [[ἄστυ]], etc.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[town]] in the material sense, opp. [[πόλις]] (the [[civic body]]), Il.17.144.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> Adv. [[ἄστυδε]] ([[quod vide|q.v.]]). ([[ϝάστυ]], cf. [[ϝασστυόχος]] ''IG''5(2).77 (Tegea): gen. [[ϝάστιος]] ib.7.3170 (Orchom. Boeot.) from Proto-Hellenic ''*wástu''; cognate with Sanskrit वस्तु (vástu, “[[house]]”), Latin [[verna]], Tocharian A ''waṣt'', Tocharian B ''ost''.: but prob. not cogn. with Skt. ''vásati'' '[[dwell]]', which has e in the root.) |
