ἀστεῖος

See also: αστείος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἄστε(ϝ) (áste(w)), the oblique stem of ἄστυ (ástu, “town”), +‎ -ιος (-ios, adjective suffix).^[1]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /as.têː.os/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /asˈti.os/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /asˈti.os/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /asˈti.os/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /asˈti.os/

Adjective

ᾰ̓στεῖος • (ăsteîos) m (feminine ᾰ̓στείᾱ, neuter ᾰ̓στεῖον); first/second declension

of the city, cosmopolitan
having polished manners; urbane, refined
elegant, witty, handsome, fair

Inflection

First and second declension of ᾰ̓στεῖος; ᾰ̓στείᾱ; ᾰ̓στεῖον (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ᾰ̓στεῖος ăsteîos	ᾰ̓στείᾱ ăsteíā	ᾰ̓στεῖον ăsteîon	ᾰ̓στείω ăsteíō	ᾰ̓στείᾱ ăsteíā	ᾰ̓στείω ăsteíō	ᾰ̓στεῖοι ăsteîoi	ᾰ̓στεῖαι ăsteîai	ᾰ̓στεῖᾰ ăsteîă
Genitive	ᾰ̓στείου ăsteíou	ᾰ̓στείᾱς ăsteíās	ᾰ̓στείου ăsteíou	ᾰ̓στείοιν ăsteíoin	ᾰ̓στείαιν ăsteíain	ᾰ̓στείοιν ăsteíoin	ᾰ̓στείων ăsteíōn	ᾰ̓στείων ăsteíōn	ᾰ̓στείων ăsteíōn
Dative	ᾰ̓στείῳ ăsteíōi	ᾰ̓στείᾳ ăsteíāi	ᾰ̓στείῳ ăsteíōi	ᾰ̓στείοιν ăsteíoin	ᾰ̓στείαιν ăsteíain	ᾰ̓στείοιν ăsteíoin	ᾰ̓στείοις ăsteíois	ᾰ̓στείαις ăsteíais	ᾰ̓στείοις ăsteíois
Accusative	ᾰ̓στεῖον ăsteîon	ᾰ̓στείᾱν ăsteíān	ᾰ̓στεῖον ăsteîon	ᾰ̓στείω ăsteíō	ᾰ̓στείᾱ ăsteíā	ᾰ̓στείω ăsteíō	ᾰ̓στείους ăsteíous	ᾰ̓στείᾱς ăsteíās	ᾰ̓στεῖᾰ ăsteîă
Vocative	ᾰ̓στεῖε ăsteîe	ᾰ̓στείᾱ ăsteíā	ᾰ̓στεῖον ăsteîon	ᾰ̓στείω ăsteíō	ᾰ̓στείᾱ ăsteíā	ᾰ̓στείω ăsteíō	ᾰ̓στεῖοι ăsteîoi	ᾰ̓στεῖαι ăsteîai	ᾰ̓στεῖᾰ ăsteîă
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	ᾰ̓στείως ăsteíōs			ᾰ̓στειότερος ăsteióteros			ᾰ̓στειότᾰτος ăsteiótătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Antonyms

ἄγροικος (ágroikos)

Descendants

Greek: αστείος (asteíos)

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ἄστυ (> DER > line 2 > ἀστεῖος)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 158

“ἀστεῖος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ἀστεῖος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
ἀστεῖος in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
ἀστεῖος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2026)
G791 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.
- agreeable idem, page 19.
- bred idem, page 97.
- charming idem, page 126.
- civil idem, page 133.
- complimentary idem, page 152.
- courteous idem, page 179.
- delightful idem, page 208.
- elegant idem, page 265.
- enchanting idem, page 270.
- engaging idem, page 274.
- exquisite idem, page 296.
- fascinating idem, page 308.
- fashionable idem, page 308.
- gallant idem, page 352.
- mannerly idem, page 512.
- nice idem, page 557.
- polished idem, page 625.
- polite idem, page 625.
- refined idem, page 684.
- urbane idem, page 939.
- well-bred idem, page 974.
- wit idem, page 983.
- witty idem, page 986.

[1] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ἄστυ (> DER > line 2 > ἀστεῖος)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 158

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