ἀστεῖος

See also: αστείος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἄστε(ϝ) (áste(w)), the oblique stem of ἄστυ (ástu, “town”), +‎ -ιος (-ios, adjective suffix).

For the opposition with ἄγροικος (ágroikos), compare typologically Latin cīvīlis, urbānus vs. agrestis, pāgānus, rūsticus.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /as.têː.os/ → /asˈti.os/ → /asˈti.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /as.têː.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /asˈti.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /asˈti.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /asˈti.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /asˈti.os/

Adjective

ᾰ̓στεῖος • (ăsteîos) m (feminine ᾰ̓στείᾱ, neuter ᾰ̓στεῖον); first/second declension

1. of the city, cosmopolitan
2. having polished manners; urbane, refined
3. elegant, witty, handsome, fair

Inflection

First and second declension of ᾰ̓στεῖος; ᾰ̓στείᾱ; ᾰ̓στεῖον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ᾰ̓στεῖος ăsteîos	ᾰ̓στείᾱ ăsteíā	ᾰ̓στεῖον ăsteîon		ᾰ̓στείω ăsteíō	ᾰ̓στείᾱ ăsteíā	ᾰ̓στείω ăsteíō		ᾰ̓στεῖοι ăsteîoi	ᾰ̓στεῖαι ăsteîai	ᾰ̓στεῖᾰ ăsteîă
Genitive		ᾰ̓στείου ăsteíou	ᾰ̓στείᾱς ăsteíās	ᾰ̓στείου ăsteíou		ᾰ̓στείοιν ăsteíoin	ᾰ̓στείαιν ăsteíain	ᾰ̓στείοιν ăsteíoin		ᾰ̓στείων ăsteíōn	ᾰ̓στείων ăsteíōn	ᾰ̓στείων ăsteíōn
Dative		ᾰ̓στείῳ ăsteíōi	ᾰ̓στείᾳ ăsteíāi	ᾰ̓στείῳ ăsteíōi		ᾰ̓στείοιν ăsteíoin	ᾰ̓στείαιν ăsteíain	ᾰ̓στείοιν ăsteíoin		ᾰ̓στείοις ăsteíois	ᾰ̓στείαις ăsteíais	ᾰ̓στείοις ăsteíois
Accusative		ᾰ̓στεῖον ăsteîon	ᾰ̓στείᾱν ăsteíān	ᾰ̓στεῖον ăsteîon		ᾰ̓στείω ăsteíō	ᾰ̓στείᾱ ăsteíā	ᾰ̓στείω ăsteíō		ᾰ̓στείους ăsteíous	ᾰ̓στείᾱς ăsteíās	ᾰ̓στεῖᾰ ăsteîă
Vocative		ᾰ̓στεῖε ăsteîe	ᾰ̓στείᾱ ăsteíā	ᾰ̓στεῖον ăsteîon		ᾰ̓στείω ăsteíō	ᾰ̓στείᾱ ăsteíā	ᾰ̓στείω ăsteíō		ᾰ̓στεῖοι ăsteîoi	ᾰ̓στεῖαι ăsteîai	ᾰ̓στεῖᾰ ăsteîă
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ᾰ̓στείως ăsteíōs				ᾰ̓στειότερος ăsteióteros				ᾰ̓στειότᾰτος ăsteiótătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Antonyms

• ἄγροικος (ágroikos)

Derived terms

• ἀστειεύομαι (asteieúomai)
• ἀστεΐζομαι (asteḯzomai)
• ἀστεΐζω (asteḯzō)
• ἀστειολογία (asteiología)
• ἀστειολόγος (asteiológos)
• ἀστειομελής (asteiomelḗs)
• ἀστειορρημονέω (asteiorrhēmonéō)
• ἀστειοσύνη (asteiosúnē)
• ἀστειότης (asteiótēs)

Descendants

• Greek: αστείος (asteíos)

Further reading

• “ἀστεῖος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀστεῖος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2026)
• ἀστεῖος in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀστεῖος in Pape, Wilhelm (1914), Max Sengebusch, editor, Handwörterbuch der griechischen Sprache‎^[1] (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn
• “ἀστεῖος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• 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^[2], 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.
• ἀστεῖος, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011