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発音

• (Classical Latin) IPA: [ˈas.tuː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: [ˈas.tu]

語源 1

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

名詞

astū n (indeclinable)

1. city, Athens specifically
   • 161 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

Indeclinable noun (used only in the nominative and accusative), singular only.

同意語

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

語源 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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 (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present