ἀστήρ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "aster"

Ancient Greek

Etymology

    From Proto-Hellenic *astḗr, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr.

    Cognates include Latin stēlla, Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐍉 (stairnō), English star, Dutch ster, German Stern, Danish stjerne, Swedish stjärna, Icelandic stjarna, Old Armenian աստղ (astł), Persian ستاره (setâre) and Sanskrit तारा (tārā).

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    Noun

    ᾰ̓στήρ • (ăstḗr) m (genitive ᾰ̓στέρος); third declension

    1. a celestial body (star, planet, and other lights in the sky such as meteors).
    2. illustrious person
    3. starfish
    4. a type of songbird

    Declension

    Third declension of ὁ ᾰ̓στήρ; τοῦ ᾰ̓στέρος (Attic)
    Case / # Singular Dual Plural
    Nominative ὁ ᾰ̓στήρ
    ho ăstḗr     		τὼ ᾰ̓στέρε
    tṑ ăstére     		οἱ ᾰ̓στέρες
    hoi ăstéres
    Genitive τοῦ ᾰ̓στέρος
    toû ăstéros     		τοῖν ᾰ̓στέροιν
    toîn ăstéroin     		τῶν ᾰ̓στέρων
    tôn ăstérōn
    Dative τῷ ᾰ̓στέρῐ
    tōî ăstérĭ     		τοῖν ᾰ̓στέροιν
    toîn ăstéroin     		τοῖς ᾰ̓́στρᾰσῐ / ᾰ̓στρᾰ́σῐ
    toîs ắstrăsĭ / ăstrắsĭ
    Accusative τὸν ᾰ̓στέρᾰ
    tòn ăstéră     		τὼ ᾰ̓στέρε
    tṑ ăstére     		τοὺς ᾰ̓στέρᾰς
    toùs ăstérăs
    Vocative ᾰ̓στήρ
    ăstḗr     		ᾰ̓στέρε
    ăstére     		ᾰ̓στέρες
    ăstéres
    Notes:
    • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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