ἄστυ: Difference between revisions

|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 [[Euripides|E.]], ''[[Orestes|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 [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.5:—[[town]], ἄστυ μέγα Πριάμοιο Il.2.332, al.: with name in gen., <b class="b3">Σουσίδος ἄστυ, Σούσων ἄστυ</b>, [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[The Persians|Pers.]]''119, 535; ἄστυ Θήβης S.''OC''1372, ''Tr.''1154, etc.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[lower]] [[town]], opp. [[acropolis]], [[Herodotus|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. [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|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.)