ἀστρονομία

See also: αστρονομία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἄστρον (ástron, “star”) +‎ νομή (nomḗ, “distribution”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /as.tro.no.mí.aː/ → /as.tro.noˈmi.a/ → /as.tro.noˈmi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /as.tro.no.mí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /as.tro.noˈmi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /as.tro.noˈmi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /as.tro.noˈmi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /as.tro.noˈmi.a/

Noun

ἀστρονομία • (astronomía) f (genitive ἀστρονομίᾱς); first declension

1. astronomy

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἀστρονομῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ἀστρονομῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ ἀστρονομῐ́ᾱ hē astronomĭ́ā
Genitive	τῆς ἀστρονομῐ́ᾱς tês astronomĭ́ās
Dative	τῇ ἀστρονομῐ́ᾳ tēî astronomĭ́āi
Accusative	τὴν ἀστρονομῐ́ᾱν tḕn astronomĭ́ān
Vocative	ἀστρονομῐ́ᾱ astronomĭ́ā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: astronomia

Further reading

• “ἀστρονομία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀστρονομία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀστρονομία in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀστρονομία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2026)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • astronomical idem, page 48.