astu

See also: astú and ἄστυ

Finnish

Verb

astu

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

Anagrams

• -stua, -usta, Satu, asut, auts, satu, suat, taus, tsau, usta

Irish

Alternative forms

• asta

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈɑstə/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈɑsˠt̪ˠəbˠ/ (as if spelled astab)
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ˈasˠt̪ˠəbˠ/ (as if spelled astab)

Pronoun

astu (emphatic astusan)

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

Latin

Alternative forms

• astȳ

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈas.tuː/, [ˈäs̠t̪uː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈas.tu/, [ˈäst̪u]

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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

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

Declension

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

	singular
nominative	astū
genitive	—
dative	—
accusative	astū
ablative	—
vocative	—

Synonyms

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

astū

1. ablative singular of astus

References

• “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

Noun

astu f

1. genitive plural of aste

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈasːtuː/

Etymology 1

From astat +‎ -u.

Noun

astu

1. free time

Inflection

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

• asttuheapmẹ

Further reading

• 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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

astu

1. first-person dual imperative of astat