ἀστρονόμος

See also: αστρονόμος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀστήρ (astḗr) +‎ νέμω (némō) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /as.tro.nó.mos/ → /as.troˈno.mos/ → /as.troˈno.mos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /as.tro.nó.mos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /as.troˈno.mos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /as.troˈno.mos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /as.troˈno.mos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /as.troˈno.mos/

Noun

ἀστρονόμος • (astronómos) m (genitive ἀστρονόμου); second declension

1. astronomer

Declension

Second declension of ὁ ἀστρονόμος; τοῦ ἀστρονόμου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἀστρονόμος ho astronómos	τὼ ἀστρονόμω tṑ astronómō	οἱ ἀστρονόμοι hoi astronómoi
Genitive	τοῦ ἀστρονόμου toû astronómou	τοῖν ἀστρονόμοιν toîn astronómoin	τῶν ἀστρονόμων tôn astronómōn
Dative	τῷ ἀστρονόμῳ tôi astronómōi	τοῖν ἀστρονόμοιν toîn astronómoin	τοῖς ἀστρονόμοις toîs astronómois
Accusative	τὸν ἀστρονόμον tòn astronómon	τὼ ἀστρονόμω tṑ astronómō	τοὺς ἀστρονόμους toùs astronómous
Vocative	ἀστρονόμε astronóme	ἀστρονόμω astronómō	ἀστρονόμοι astronómoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: αστρονόμος (astronómos)
• → Latin: astronomus (see there for further descendants)
• → Macedonian: астроном (astronom)
• → Russian: астроном (astronom)
  • → Kazakh: астроном (astronom)

Further reading

• ἀστρονόμος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀστρονόμος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• “ἀστρονόμος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “ἀστρονόμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • astronomer idem, page 48.