astus
τὰ σῦκα σῦκα, τὴν σκάφην δὲ σκάφην ὀνομάζειν → call a spade a spade | speak the truth | speak straight from the shoulder | give it straight from the shoulder | give the straight goods | not to mince matters | not to mince words | not mince words | call things by their right names | call a spade a spade and a shovel a shovel | call a shovel a shovel | call a spade a spade, not a big spoon
Latin > English
astus astus N M :: craft, cunning, guile; cunning procedure/method, trick, stratagem
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
astus: a, um, adj., v. astutus.
astus: ūs, m. Curtius suggests the Sanscr. aksh = to reach, hit, and ὀξύς, swift; and Vanicek, ascia and ἀξίνη, with the idea of sharpness; others ἀσκέω, to practise,
I adroitness, dexterity; hence, in malam partem, craft, cunning (as a single act, while astutia designates cunning as a habit; until the post-Aug. period found only in the abl., astu, as an adv.; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 5 Müll., and Prisc. p. 1012 P.): Satin astu et fallendo callet? Att. Trag. Rel. p. 197 Rib.: Nisi ut astu ingenium linguā laudem et dictis lactem lenibus, id. ib. p. 189: nam doli non doli sunt, nisi astu colas, Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 30: Sed ut astu sum adgressus ad eas! id. Poen. 5, 4, 53; id. Trin. 4, 2, 123; id. Ep. 4, 1, 19; id. Poen. prol. 111: astu providere, Ter. And. 1, 3, 3: astu rem tractare, id. Eun. 5, 4, 2: Consilio versare dolos ingressus et astu, Incipit haec, Verg. A. 11, 704: ille astu subit, id. ib. 10, 522: aliquem astu adgredi, Tac. A. 2, 64: astus belli, Sil. 16, 32: libertae, Tac. A. 14, 2: oratio, quae astu caret, pondero modo et inpulsu proeliatur, Quint. 9, 1, 20.—In plur.: astus hostium in perniciem ipsis vertebat, Tac. A. 2, 20: praeveniens inimicorum astus, id. ib. 6, 44; 12, 45; Petr. 97: Ulixes nectit pectore astus callidos, Sen. Troad. 527: nunc advoca astus, anime, nunc fraudes, dolos, id. ib. 618: ad insidiarum astus, Gell. 11, 18, 17.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
astŭs,¹¹ ūs, m. [employé surt. à l’abl. sing.], ruse, astuce, fourbe : Virg. En. 11, 704 ; Liv. 28, 21, 10 ; Tac. Ann. 2, 64 || pl., Tac. Ann. 12, 45.
Latin > German (Georges)
astus, ūs, m., die List als Tätigkeit, ein listiger-, schlauer Anschlag, eine Finte (vgl. astutia), im klass. Latein nur im adverb. Abl., später auch in andern Kasus, I) im allg.: docte atque astu, Plaut.: astu magis ac dolo, Suet.: callide et cum astu, Gell.: callido astu, Amm.: satin astu et fallendo callet? Acc. fr.: ad manticulandum astu aggreditur, Pacuv. fr.: consilio versare dolos ingressus et astu incipit haec, Verg.: perplexum Punico astu responsum, Liv.: maior usu armorum et astu (Finten) stolidas vires minoris superavit, Liv.: nihil astu agere, Iustin.: astu carēre (von der Rede), Quint.: duos exercitus populi Romani et astu et virtute conficere, Lact. – II) insbes. = στρατήγημα, die Kriegslist (s. Walther Tac. ann. 12, 33), astus hostium in perniciem ipsis vertebat, Tac.: militari astu cohortes turbidas dispergendi, Tac. – Plur., machinamenta et astus oppugnationum, Tac.: nectit astus callidos, Sen. trag.: ante dolos, ante exsequar astus, Val. Flacc.
