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Ἄστεα · towns (α 4225) · Suda

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Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

Near α4225

α4221Astarte, Ashteroth
α4222Astarte, Ashteroth
α4223raisin
α4224corn-ear, astachus
α4225towns
α4226unmarked land, unmarked plot
α4227roofless, houseless; chatterbox
α4228talking wittily
α4229unshaken

Suda/Α alpha/α4225

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Ἄστεα

towns

Translated by Jennifer Benedict5 Jan 2002Vetting: high4 revisions

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2 notes · 31 words

Translation

[Meaning] cities.¹
Also [sc. attested is] a)/stei+ the dative, and a)/steon,² and the [genitive] plural [is] tw=n a)/stewn. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] a)/steos ste/fanos ["town's crown"], [meaning] the wall.³

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἄστεα· πόλεις. καὶ ἄστεϊ ἡ δοτικὴ, καὶ ἄστεον, καὶ τὸ πληθυντικὸν τῶν ἄστεων. καὶ Ἄστεος στέφανος, τὸ τεῖχος.

Betacode

*)/astea: po/leis. kai\ a)/stei+ h( dotikh\, kai\ a)/steon, kai\ to\ plhquntiko\n tw=n a)/stewn. kai\ *)/asteos ste/fanos, to\ tei=xos.

Notes (2)

[1] From the scholia to Homer, Odyssey 1.3, where the headword (neuter plural) occurs.
2Attested only here and, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon; grammatically obscure. ↩
3The phrase is otherwise unattested in this precise form, but for parallels (in Pindar and Anacreon) see LSJ s.v. ste/fanos.

Linked from2 entries

α4228Ἀστεϊζόμενοςtalking wittily[Meaning one who is] showing off, making a display of himself, cleverly inventing. Also [sc. attested is] a)stei+smo/s, the [noun that means] to act as a fellow citizen.
α4246Ἀστόςtownsman[Meaning a] citizen.

Neighbouring entries

α4223Ἀσταφίςraisin α4224Ἄσταχυςcorn-ear, astachus α4225Ἄστεαtowns α4226Ἄστικτον χωρίονunmarked land, unmarked plot α4227Ἄστεγοςroofless, houseless; chatterbox

Revision history4 revisions · last 5 Dec 2015

5 Dec 2015tweaked betacode — Catharine Roth
2 Sep 2015Revised — David Whitehead
25 Apr 2012augmented notes and keywords; betacode and other cosmetics — David Whitehead
6 Jan 2002added notes and keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
5 Jan 2002Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἄστεα (Adler number alpha 4225), trans. Jennifer Benedict, 5 Jan 2002. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alpha/4225

Translation by Jennifer Benedict for Suda On Line, revised by Catharine Roth, David Whitehead, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗