ἀστράβη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀστράπην (astrápēn)

Etymology

A connection with ἀστραβής (astrabḗs, “steadfast”) is improbable. According to Beekes, the variation αβ/απ is well-known in substrate words, so it may well be a Pre-Greek word.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /as.trá.bɛː/ → /asˈtra.βi/ → /asˈtra.vi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /as.trá.bɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /asˈtra.be̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /asˈtra.βi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /asˈtra.vi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /asˈtra.vi/

Noun

ἀστράβη • (astrábē) f (genitive ἀστράβης); first declension

1. comfortable saddle for an ass or a mule

   Synonym: ἀνθήλιον (anthḗlion)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἀστράβη; τῆς ἀστράβης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀστράβη hē astrábē	τὼ ἀστράβᾱ tṑ astrábā	αἱ ἀστράβαι hai astrábai
Genitive	τῆς ἀστράβης tês astrábēs	τοῖν ἀστράβαιν toîn astrábain	τῶν ἀστραβῶν tôn astrabôn
Dative	τῇ ἀστράβῃ têi astrábēi	τοῖν ἀστράβαιν toîn astrábain	ταῖς ἀστράβαις taîs astrábais
Accusative	τὴν ἀστράβην tḕn astrábēn	τὼ ἀστράβᾱ tṑ astrábā	τᾱ̀ς ἀστράβᾱς tā̀s astrábās
Vocative	ἀστράβη astrábē	ἀστράβᾱ astrábā	ἀστράβαι astrábai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Translingual: Astrabe

Further reading

• “ἀστράβη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀστράβη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀστράβη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀστράβη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN