astu

astu (asty, Vitr. 8, 3; 7 praef.), n., indecl., = ἄστυ,

• a city, esp. Athens (as urbs κατʼ ἐξοχήν for Rome): omnes qui arcem astuque accolunt cives, Att. ap. Non. p. 4, 330: An in astu venit? Ter. Eun. 987: demigrare ex agris et in astu, Cic. Leg. 2, 2, 5; Nep. Them. 4, 1; id. Alcib. 6, 4.

1. astu (asty), nur Akk. u. Abl. astū, n. (ἄστυ), die Stadt, nur von »Athen«, in astu venire, Ter. eun. 987. Nep. Alc. 6, 4: in astu, quod appellatur, se conferre, Cic. de legg. 2, 5: accedere astu, Nep. Them. 4, 1: in asty et portum Piraeum ducti sunt salientes, Vitr. 8, 3, 6: in asty Olympium architectandum suscipere, Vitr. 7. praef. 17.

2. astū, Abl. v. astus, w. s.

1 astu, (15) ( asty Vitr. Arch. 8, 3, 6 ), n. ind, (ἄστυ), la ville par excellence chez les Grecs, Athènes : Cic. Leg. 2, 5 ; Nep. Them. 4, 1.

2 astū, abl. de astus.

astū (1) n

• indecl., ἄστυ, a city, T., C., N.

astū (2) see astus.