αστη
Lemma: ἄστυ
Definition
A town or city, especially the main urban center as opposed to the countryside (ἄγρος); often used in particular of the city of Athens.
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Grammatical Analysis
"αστη"
Possible analyses: [{'part_of_speech': 'noun (common)', 'lemma_candidate': 'ἀστήρ', 'case': 'vocative', 'number': 'singular', 'gender': 'masculine', 'declension': '3rd (stem ἀστερ-; voc. sg. ἄστηρ/ἄστερ, with possible contraction/spelling variant ἄστη)'}, {'part_of_speech': 'proper noun (personal name)', 'lemma_candidate': 'Ἄστη (female name)', 'case': 'vocative', 'number': 'singular', 'gender': 'feminine', 'declension': '1st (alpha-stem; voc. sg. = nom. sg. Ἄστη)'}]
Notes on form: As written αστη (without accent/breathing), it most straightforwardly matches a vocative singular form; without diacritics and context, more than one analysis is possible.
Verb type: not a verb (so not classifiable as -μι vs. standard)
Related Forms of ἄστυ
2 forms discoveredOther inflected forms of this word that have been analyzed: