Astarte
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin Astarte, ultimately from Phoenician 𐤏𐤔𐤕𐤓𐤕 (ʿAštart) via Ancient Greek Ἀστάρτη (Astártē). Doublet of Ashtoreth and Ishtar.
Proper noun edit
Astarte
- A Semitic goddess of fertility, sexuality, and war, cognate in name, origin and function with the goddess Phoenician 𐤏𐤔𐤕𐤓𐤕 (ʿAštart) of Phoenicia.
Translations edit
Semitic goddess of fertility
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Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀστάρτη (Astártē), itself from Phoenician 𐤏𐤔𐤕𐤓𐤕 (ʿAštart).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /asˈtar.teː/, [äs̠ˈt̪ärt̪eː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /asˈtar.te/, [äsˈt̪ärt̪e]
Proper noun edit
Astartē f sg (genitive Astartēs); first declension
Declension edit
First-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Astartē |
Genitive | Astartēs |
Dative | Astartae |
Accusative | Astartēn |
Ablative | Astartē |
Vocative | Astartē |
References edit
- “Astarte”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Astarte in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.