a stuとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈas.tuː/, [ˈas.t̪uː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈas.tu/, [ˈas.t̪u]

語源 1

From Ancient Greek ἄστυ (ástu, “town, city”).

名詞

astū n (indeclinable)

1. city, Athens specifically
   • c. 185 BCE – 159 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Eunuchus 5.5.15–18:

     PARMENŌ. Tum quandam fidicinam amat hīc Chaerea.
     LACHĒS. Hem, quid? amat? an scit iam ille quid meretrīx siet?
     An in Astū vēnit? aliud ex aliō malum.
     PARMENŌ. Here, nē mē spectēs: mē impulsōre haec nōn facit.

     PARMENO. Then, Chaerea is in love with some lyre player here.
     LACHES. Huh, what? He's in love? Does he know already what a prostitute is?
     Or is he come to Athens? From one misfortune to another.
     PARMENO. Master, don't look at me: he doesn't do that with me as impeller.

使用する際の注意点

While by etymology the word can refer to any town, in practice only the town of Athens is ever signified.

語形変化

Not declined; used only in the nominative and accusative singular., singular only.

同意語

• (town): urbs, oppidum
• (Athens): Athēnae

語源 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

名詞

astū

1. ablative singular of astus

参照

• astu in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• astu in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• astu in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• “astu, asty” in volume 2 column 980 line 47 in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (2009). Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter.