ἀστεῖος
See also: αστείος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἄστε(ϝ) (áste(w)), the oblique stem of ἄστυ (ástu, “town”), + -ιος (-ios, adjective suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /as.têː.os/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /asˈti.os/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /asˈti.os/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /asˈti.os/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /asˈti.os/
Adjective
ἀστεῖος • (asteîos) m (feminine ἀστείᾱ, neuter ἀστεῖον); first/second declension
- of the city, cosmopolitan
- having polished manners; urbane, refined
- elegant, witty, handsome, fair
Inflection
First and second declension of ἀστεῖος; ἀστείᾱ; ἀστεῖον (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | ἀστεῖος asteîos | ἀστείᾱ asteíā | ἀστεῖον asteîon | ἀστείω asteíō | ἀστείᾱ asteíā | ἀστείω asteíō | ἀστεῖοι asteîoi | ἀστεῖαι asteîai | ἀστεῖᾰ asteîa | |||||
Genitive | ἀστείου asteíou | ἀστείᾱς asteíās | ἀστείου asteíou | ἀστείοιν asteíoin | ἀστείαιν asteíain | ἀστείοιν asteíoin | ἀστείων asteíōn | ἀστείων asteíōn | ἀστείων asteíōn | |||||
Dative | ἀστείῳ asteíōi | ἀστείᾳ asteíāi | ἀστείῳ asteíōi | ἀστείοιν asteíoin | ἀστείαιν asteíain | ἀστείοιν asteíoin | ἀστείοις asteíois | ἀστείαις asteíais | ἀστείοις asteíois | |||||
Accusative | ἀστεῖον asteîon | ἀστείᾱν asteíān | ἀστεῖον asteîon | ἀστείω asteíō | ἀστείᾱ asteíā | ἀστείω asteíō | ἀστείους asteíous | ἀστείᾱς asteíās | ἀστεῖᾰ asteîa | |||||
Vocative | ἀστεῖε asteîe | ἀστείᾱ asteíā | ἀστεῖον asteîon | ἀστείω asteíō | ἀστείᾱ asteíā | ἀστείω asteíō | ἀστεῖοι asteîoi | ἀστεῖαι asteîai | ἀστεῖᾰ asteîa | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ἀστείως asteíōs | ἀστειότερος asteióteros | ἀστειότᾰτος asteiótatos | ||||||||||||
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Antonyms
- ἄγροικος (ágroikos)
Descendants
- Greek: αστείος (asteíos)
Further reading
- “ἀστεῖος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀστεῖος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἀστεῖος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀστεῖος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- G791 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- agreeable idem, page 19.
- bred idem, page 97.
- charming idem, page 126.
- civil idem, page 133.
- complimentary idem, page 152.
- courteous idem, page 179.
- delightful idem, page 208.
- elegant idem, page 265.
- enchanting idem, page 270.
- engaging idem, page 274.
- exquisite idem, page 296.
- fascinating idem, page 308.
- fashionable idem, page 308.
- gallant idem, page 352.
- mannerly idem, page 512.
- nice idem, page 557.
- polished idem, page 625.
- polite idem, page 625.
- refined idem, page 684.
- urbane idem, page 939.
- well-bred idem, page 974.
- wit idem, page 983.
- witty idem, page 986.