αστός

Greek

Noun

αστός • (astós) m (plural αστοί, feminine αστή)

1. townsman

   Antonym: χωρικός (chorikós)

2. (dated) middle class person
3. (Marxism) bourgeois
   1. a member of the capitalist class

      ταξικός πόλεμος ανάμεσα σε αστούς και προλετάριους ― taxikós pólemos anámesa se astoús kai proletárious ― class war between bourgeois and proletarians

   2. someone who defends bourgeois ideology and supports the bourgeoisie

      αστός δημοσιογράφος ― astós dimosiográfos ― bourgeois journalist

Declension

Declension of αστός

	singular	plural
nominative	αστός (astós)	αστοί (astoí)
genitive	αστού (astoú)	αστών (astón)
accusative	αστό (astó)	αστούς (astoús)
vocative	αστέ (asté)	αστοί (astoí)

Further reading

• αστός, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language