ἀστεῖος

See also: αστείος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

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

ἀστεῖος • (asteîos) m (feminine ἀστείᾱ, neuter ἀστεῖον); 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 ἀστεῖος; ἀστείᾱ; ἀστεῖον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἀστεῖος asteîos	ἀστείᾱ asteíā	ἀστεῖον asteîon		ἀστείω asteíō	ἀστείᾱ asteíā	ἀστείω asteíō		ἀστεῖοι asteîoi	ἀστεῖαι asteîai	ἀστεῖᾰ asteîă
Genitive		ἀστείου asteíou	ἀστείᾱς asteíās	ἀστείου asteíou		ἀστείοιν asteíoin	ἀστείαιν asteíain	ἀστείοιν asteíoin		ἀστείων asteíōn	ἀστείων asteíōn	ἀστείων asteíōn
Dative		ἀστείῳ asteíōi	ἀστείᾳ asteíāi	ἀστείῳ asteíōi		ἀστείοιν asteíoin	ἀστείαιν asteíain	ἀστείοιν asteíoin		ἀστείοις asteíois	ἀστείαις asteíais	ἀστείοις asteíois
Accusative		ἀστεῖον asteîon	ἀστείᾱν asteíān	ἀστεῖον asteîon		ἀστείω asteíō	ἀστείᾱ asteíā	ἀστείω asteíō		ἀστείους asteíous	ἀστείᾱς asteíās	ἀστεῖᾰ asteîă
Vocative		ἀστεῖε asteîe	ἀστείᾱ asteíā	ἀστεῖον asteîon		ἀστείω asteíō	ἀστείᾱ asteíā	ἀστείω asteíō		ἀστεῖοι asteîoi	ἀστεῖαι asteîai	ἀστεῖᾰ asteîă
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἀστείως asteíōs				ἀστειότερος asteióteros				ἀστειότᾰτος asteiótătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Antonyms

• ἄγροικος (ágroikos)

Descendants

• Greek: αστείος (asteíos)

Further reading

• “ἀστεῖος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀστεῖος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀστεῖος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀστεῖος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• 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^[1], 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.