astur
Asturian edit
Alternative forms edit
Adjective edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Various etymologies exist:
- From acceptor (“receiver”), with influence from accipiter.
- From astēr (“star”), from Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr).
- Eventually from Proto-Indo-European *(h₂)stornos (“starling”), from *(h₂)stern-, whence Latin sturnus, Ancient Greek ἀστραλός (astralós), Proto-Germanic *staraz (“starling”), Old English stær.[1]
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈas.tur/, [ˈäs̠t̪ʊr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈas.tur/, [ˈäst̪ur]
Noun edit
astur m (genitive asturis); third declension
- A species of hawk
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | astur | asturēs |
Genitive | asturis | asturum |
Dative | asturī | asturibus |
Accusative | asturem | asturēs |
Ablative | asture | asturibus |
Vocative | astur | asturēs |
Descendants edit
References edit
- “astur”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- astur in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- astur in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1938) “astur”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 74
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
astur m or f (masculine and feminine plural astures)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “astur”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014