ἄστρον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, mostly in plural,<br><span class="bld">A</span> ἄστρα = the [[star]]s, Il.8.555, Od.12.312, A.''Pr.''458, ''Ag.''4, etc.; <b class="b3">τοῦ κατ' ἄστρα Ζηνός</b>, = [[τοῦ ἐν οὐρανῷ]], S.''Tr.''1106; <b class="b3">ἄστρων εὐφρόνη</b>, = εὐφρ. [[ἀστερόεσσα]], Id.''El.''19: sg., like [[ἀστήρ]], freq. of Sirius (in full, [[σήριον ἄστρον]] prob. l. in Alcm.23.63), Alc.39,40, X.''Cyn.''4.6, Thphr.''CP''6.10.9, al.; [[περὶ τὸ ἄστρον]] = [[in the dog-days]], Hp.''Epid.''7.7; ''poet.'' of the sun, Pi.''O.''1.6, Pl.''Def.''411b: seldom of any common [[star]], Gal.17(1).16, Sch.Arat.11; of the fixed stars, Arist.''Cael.''290a20; <b class="b3">ἄστρα πλανητά</b>, opp. [[ἀπλανῆ]], Pl.''Ti.''38c; opp. [[ἐνδεδεμένα]], [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Meteorologica|Mete.]]'' 346a2; opp. [[ἀστέρες]], Herm. ap. Stob.1.21.9; [[ἐπὶ τοῖς ἄστροις]] = [[at the times of the stars' rising or setting]], Hp.Aër.10, Arist.''HA''568a18; [[ἄστροις σημαίνεσθαι]], [[ἄστροις τεκμαίρεσθαι]], [[guide oneself by the stars]], Ael. ''NA''2.7, 7.48; [[ἄστροις τὸ λοιπὸν ἐκμετρούμενος χθόνα]] = [[knowing its place only by the stars]], S.''OT''795: metaph., ἐχθροῖς ἄ. ὣς λάμψειν Id.''El.''66.<br><span class="bld">II</span> of something [[brilliant]], [[admirable]], Ἀκροκόρινθον Ἑλλάδος ἄ. ''AP''7.297 (Polystr.), cf. 9.400 (Pall.), ''APl.''4.295; Σωκρατικῆς σοφίης ἄ. ''IG''3.770a.