ἀστράβη
Ancient Greek edit
Alternative forms edit
- ἀστράπην (astrápēn)
Etymology edit
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 edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /as.trá.bɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /asˈtra.be̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /asˈtra.βi/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /asˈtra.vi/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /asˈtra.vi/
Noun edit
ἀστράβη • (astrábē) f (genitive ἀστράβης); first declension
Inflection edit
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||
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Further reading edit
- “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