asty

See also: -asty

Latin

Noun

astȳ n (indeclinable)

1. Rare spelling of astu.
   • c. 15 BCE, Vitruvius, De architectura 7:

     In astȳ vērō Olympium amplō modulōrum comparātū corinthiīs symmetriīs et prōportiōnibus, utī suprā scrīptum est, architectandum Cossutius suscēpisse memorātur, cuius commentārium nūllum est inventum.

     • 1914 translation by Morris Hicky Morgan

       Finally, in Athens, the temple of the Olympion with its dimensions on a generous scale, and built in the Corinthian style and proportions, is said to have been constructed, as written above, by Cossutius, no commentary by whom has been found.