Astarte

English

Alternative forms

• Ashtoreth

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Astarte, ultimately from Phoenician 𐤏𐤔𐤕𐤓𐤕 (ʿAštart) via Ancient Greek Ἀστάρτη (Astártē). Doublet of Ashtoreth and Ishtar.

Proper noun

Astarte

1. A Semitic goddess of fertility, sexuality, and war, cognate in name, origin and function with the goddess Phoenician 𐤏𐤔𐤕𐤓𐤕 (ʿAštart) of Phoenicia.

Translations

Semitic goddess of fertility

• Arabic: عِشْتَار f (ʕištār), عَشْتَارُوت f (ʕaštārūt), عَثْتَار f (ʕaṯtār)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿斯德爾特神／阿斯德尔特神 (Āsīdé'ěrtè-shén), 亞斯他錄／亚斯他录 (Yàsītālù), 亞斯她錄／亚斯她录

• Finnish: Astarte
• Greek:

  Ancient: Ἀστάρτη f (Astártē)

• Japanese: アスタルテ (Asutarute)
• Marathi: आस्टार्टे f (āsṭārṭe)
• Phoenician: 𐤏𐤔𐤕𐤓𐤕 (ʿštrt)
• Russian: Аста́рта (ru) f (Astárta)
• Ugaritic: 𐎓𐎘𐎚𐎗𐎚 (ʿṯtrt)

Anagrams

• atrates, tears at, tsarate

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀστάρτη (Astártē), itself from Phoenician 𐤏𐤔𐤕𐤓𐤕 (ʿAštart).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /asˈtar.teː/, [äs̠ˈt̪ärt̪eː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /asˈtar.te/, [äsˈt̪ärt̪e]

Proper noun

Astartē f sg (genitive Astartēs); first declension

1. Astarte

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Astartē
Genitive	Astartēs
Dative	Astartae
Accusative	Astartēn
Ablative	Astartē
Vocative	Astartē

References

• “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.