ἀστός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ, ([[ἄστυ]]) [[townsman]], [[citizen]], <span class="bibl">Il.11.242</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.13.192</span>, etc.; distinct from [[πολίτης]], [[ἀστός]] being [[one who has civil rights]] only, [[πολίτης]] [[one who has political rights]] also, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1278a34</span>; ἀ. πικρὸς πολίταις <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">Med.</span>223</span>; <b class="b3">οἱ ἀστοί</b> [[the commons]], opp. <b class="b3">οἱ ἀγαθοί</b>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>3.71</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Isoc.3.21</span>; opp. [[ξένος]], <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>7.90</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.160</span>, <span class="bibl">3.8</span>; esp. at Athens, <span class="bibl">Lys.6.17</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Ap.</span>30a</span>, Isoc. [[l.c.]], cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>817</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">OC</span>13</span>, etc.; opp. [[μέτοικος]], [[ξένος]], <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">R.</span>563a</span>; in Egypt, [[citizen of Alexandria]] (cf. [[ἄστυ]] <span class="bibl">11.3</span>), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PGnom.</span>38</span>, al. —Fem. [[ἀστή]], [[quod vide|q.v.]], but [[Ἀστός]] fem. as [[epithet]] of [[Κόρη]], <span class="title">IG</span>12(5).225 (Paros, v B. C.). ([[ϝασστός]] and [[ϝαστός]], <span class="title">IG</span>9(1).333.14 (Locr., v B. C.), 9(2).1226 (Phalanna, v B.C.).)