ἀστός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ, ([[ἄστυ]]) [[townsman]], [[citizen]], Il.11.242, Od.13.192, etc.; distinct from [[πολίτης]], [[ἀστός]] being [[one who has civil rights]] only, [[πολίτης]] [[one who has political rights]] also, Arist.''Pol.''1278a34; ἀ. πικρὸς πολίταις E. ''Med.''223; <b class="b3">οἱ ἀστοί</b> [[the commons]], opp. <b class="b3">οἱ ἀγαθοί</b>, Pi.''P.''3.71, cf. Isoc.3.21; opp. [[ξένος]], Pi.''O.''7.90, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.160, 3.8; esp. at Athens, Lys.6.17, Pl. ''Ap.''30a, Isoc. [[l.c.]], cf. S.''OT''817, ''OC''13, etc.; opp. [[μέτοικος]], [[ξένος]], Pl. ''R.''563a; in Egypt, [[citizen of Alexandria]] (cf. [[ἄστυ]] II.3), ''PGnom.''38, al. —Fem. [[ἀστή]], [[quod vide|q.v.]], but [[Ἀστός]] fem. as [[epithet]] of [[Κόρη]], ''IG''12(5).225 (Paros, v B. C.). ([[ϝασστός]] and [[ϝαστός]], ''IG''9(1).333.14 (Locr., v B. C.), 9(2).1226 (Phalanna, v B.C.).)