astrum

See also: -astrum

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄστρον (ástron, “star”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈas.trum/, [ˈäs̠t̪rʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈas.trum/, [ˈäst̪rum]

Noun

astrum n (genitive astrī); second declension

1. (poetic) star, constellation

   Synonyms: astēr, stēlla, sīdus

   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 2.117–118:

     astrīs delphīna recēpit Iuppiter

     Jupiter admitted the dolphin to the constellations

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	astrum	astra
Genitive	astrī	astrōrum
Dative	astrō	astrīs
Accusative	astrum	astra
Ablative	astrō	astrīs
Vocative	astrum	astra

Synonyms

• (star): stēlla

Derived terms

• ad astra
• astrālis
• astrātus
• astrifer
• astrificō
• astrificus
• astriger
• astriloquus
• astrilūcus
• astrisonus
• astrōsus

Related terms

• astreāns

Descendants

• Catalan: astre
• ⇒ English: disaster
• French: astre
• Italian: astro
• Occitan: astre
• Portuguese: astro
• Romanian: astru
• Spanish: astro

References

• “astrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “astrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• astrum 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)
• astrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the star-lit sky; the firmament: caelum astris distinctum et ornatum
    
• “astrum”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly