αστῶν | Ancient Greek Analysis with Conjugation Tables

Definition

A “townsman,” i.e., a citizen or native inhabitant of a city-state (as opposed to a foreigner or outsider); often used collectively for “the citizens.”

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Grammatical Analysis

"αστῶν"

Case: genitive

Number: plural

Gender: masculine

Declension: third declension (stem ἀστ-; gen. pl. -ῶν)

Lemma possible: ['ἀστήρ ("star")', 'ἄστυ ("city"; gen. pl. ἄστεων, not ἀστῶν)']

Note: The exact form ἀστῶν is the genitive plural expected for ἀστήρ (3rd decl.). It can function as a substantive meaning “of the stars”. Not a verb form.

Related Forms of ἀστός

2 forms discovered

Other inflected forms of this word that have been analyzed:

Αστοισι dative, plural, masculine (can be common gender de... ἀστοῖσιν dative, plural, masculine

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