ἄστρον

See also: αστρον.

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀστήρ (astḗr, “star”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ás.tron/ → /ˈas.tron/ → /ˈas.tron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ás.tron/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈas.tron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈas.tron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈas.tron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈas.tron/

Noun

ᾰ̓́στρον • (ắstron) n (genitive ᾰ̓́στρου); second declension

1. A celestial body:
   1. fixed star
   2. planet
   3. the sun
   4. constellation

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ᾰ̓́στρον; τοῦ ᾰ̓́στρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ᾰ̓́στρον tò ắstron	τὼ ᾰ̓́στρω tṑ ắstrō	τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓́στρᾰ tằ ắstră
Genitive	τοῦ ᾰ̓́στρου toû ắstrou	τοῖν ᾰ̓́στροιν toîn ắstroin	τῶν ᾰ̓́στρων tôn ắstrōn
Dative	τῷ ᾰ̓́στρῳ tôi ắstrōi	τοῖν ᾰ̓́στροιν toîn ắstroin	τοῖς ᾰ̓́στροις toîs ắstrois
Accusative	τὸ ᾰ̓́στρον tò ắstron	τὼ ᾰ̓́στρω tṑ ắstrō	τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓́στρᾰ tằ ắstră
Vocative	ᾰ̓́στρον ắstron	ᾰ̓́στρω ắstrō	ᾰ̓́στρᾰ ắstră
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• ἀστήρ (astḗr)

Derived terms

• ἀστρολάβος (astrolábos)
• ἀστρολογία (astrología)
• ἀστρονομία (astronomía)

Descendants

• → English: astro-
• → Latin: astrum (see there for further descendants)
• Greek: άστρο (ástro)

Further reading

• “ἄστρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἄστρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἄστρον”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἄστρον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• ἄστρον in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἄστρον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• “ἄστρον”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G798 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • star idem, page 811.