astu

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See also: astú and ἄστυ

Finnish

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Verb

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astu

  1. inflection of astua:
    1. present indicative connegative
    2. second-person singular present imperative
    3. second-person singular present imperative connegative

Anagrams

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish asta, from Old Irish essib, eissib, esib, estib, eistib.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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astu (emphatic astusan)

  1. third-person plural of as (out of)

Further reading

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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

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

Case Singular
Nominative astū
Genitive
Dative
Accusative astū
Ablative
Vocative
Synonyms
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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astū

  1. ablative singular of astus

References

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  • 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

Latvian

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Noun

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astu f

  1. genitive plural of aste

Northern Sami

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Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈasːtuː/

Etymology 1

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From astat +‎ -u.

Noun

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astu

  1. free time
Inflection
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Even u-stem, st-stt gradation
Nominative astu
Genitive asttu
asttọ
Singular Plural
Nominative astu asttut
Accusative asttu asttūid
Genitive asttu
asttọ
asttūid
Illative astui asttūide
Locative asttus asttūin
Comitative asttūin asttūiguin
Essive astun
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person aston astome astomet
2nd person astot astode astodet
3rd person astus astuska astuset
Derived terms
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Further reading
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  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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astu

  1. first-person dual imperative of astat