Astarte

English

Alternative forms

• Ashtoreth

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓στᾰ́ρτη (Astártē), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Akkadian 𒀭𒈹 (^dIštar).

Proper noun

Astarte

1. A Semitic goddess of fertility, sexuality, and war; cognate in name, origin, and function with the goddess Ishtar of Mesopotamian texts.

Translations

Semitic goddess of fertility

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿斯德爾特神／阿斯德尔特神, 阿斯德尔特神 (Āsīdé'ěrtè-shén)

• Finnish: Astarte
• Greek:

  Ancient: Ἀστάρτη f (Astártē)

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Phoenician: 𐤀𐤔𐤕𐤓𐤕 (ʾštrt)
• Russian: Аста́рта (ru) f (Astárta)
• Ugaritic: 𐎓𐎘𐎚𐎗𐎚 (ʿṯtrt)

Anagrams

• atrates, tsarate

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀστάρτη (Astártē).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /asˈtar.teː/, [äs̠ˈt̪ärt̪eː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /asˈtar.te/, [äsˈt̪ärt̪e]

Proper noun

Astartē f sg (genitive Astartēs); first declension

1. Astarte

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Astartē
Genitive	Astartēs
Dative	Astartae
Accusative	Astartēn
Ablative	Astartē
Vocative	Astartē

References

• “Astarte”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Astarte in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.