astus

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Estonian

Verb

astus

  1. Third-person singular past form of astuma.

Latin

Etymology

May be from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱst-, Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (sharp). Or from Ancient Greek ἄστυ (ástu), with the common belief that more sophisticated and intelligent people lived in cities.

Noun

astus m (genitive astūs); fourth declension

  1. craft, cunning, guile
  2. adroitness, dexterity
  3. trick, stratagem

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative astus astūs
Genitive astūs astuum
Dative astuī astibus
Accusative astum astūs
Ablative astū astibus
Vocative astus astūs

Derived terms

References

  • astus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • astus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • astus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • astus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.