"ἄστρον" meaning in Ancient Greek

See ἄστρον in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ás.tron/, /ˈas.tron/, /ˈas.tron/, /ás.tron/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈas.tron/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈas.tron/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈas.tron/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈas.tron/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From ἀστήρ (astḗr, “star”). Etymology templates: {{etymon|grc|from|grc>ἀστήρ>celestial body|id=celestial body}} Head templates: {{grc-noun|ᾰ̓́στρον|ᾰ̓́στρου|n|second}} ᾰ̓́στρον • (ắstron) n (genitive ᾰ̓́στρου); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|ἄστρον|ου}} Forms: ᾰ̓́στρον [canonical], ắstron [romanization], ᾰ̓́στρου [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], τὸ ᾰ̓́στρον [nominative, singular], ᾰ̓́στρω [dual, nominative], τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓́στρᾰ [nominative, plural], τοῦ ᾰ̓́στρου [genitive, singular], ᾰ̓́στροιν [dual, genitive], ᾰ̓́στρων [genitive, plural], τῷ ᾰ̓́στρῳ [dative, singular], ᾰ̓́στροιν [dative, dual], τοῖς ᾰ̓́στροις [dative, plural], τὸ ᾰ̓́στρον [accusative, singular], ᾰ̓́στρω [accusative, dual], τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓́στρᾰ [accusative, plural], ᾰ̓́στρον [singular, vocative], ᾰ̓́στρω [dual, vocative], ᾰ̓́στρᾰ [plural, vocative]
  1. A celestial body:
    fixed star
    Sense id: en-ἄστρον-grc-noun-hTrHXKMI Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 24 24 24 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 27 23 27
  2. A celestial body:
    planet
    Sense id: en-ἄστρον-grc-noun-8R9dQXWP Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 24 24 24 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 27 23 27
  3. A celestial body:
    the sun
    Sense id: en-ἄστρον-grc-noun-n5XwpYkZ Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 24 24 24 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 27 23 27
  4. A celestial body:
    constellation
    Sense id: en-ἄστρον-grc-noun-bAg~7hzV Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the second declension, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Astronomy Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 17 17 17 48 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the second declension: 19 17 17 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 24 24 24 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 27 23 27 Disambiguation of Astronomy: 22 22 22 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ἀστήρ (astḗr) Derived forms: ἀστρολάβος (astrolábos), ἀστρολογία (astrología), ἀστρονομία (astronomía)

Inflected forms

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      "roman": "astrolábos",
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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        "plural"
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      "ipa": "/ás.tron/"
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      "ipa": "/ˈas.tron/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈas.tron/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ás.tron/",
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      "ipa": "/ˈas.tron/",
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      "ipa": "/ˈas.tron/",
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      "ipa": "/ˈas.tron/",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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      "word": "ἀστήρ"
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈas.tron/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈas.tron/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ás.tron/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈas.tron/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈas.tron/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈas.tron/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈas.tron/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
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    {
      "roman": "astḗr",
      "word": "ἀστήρ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ἄστρον"
}

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