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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀστικός (astikós, “of a city (ἄστυ)”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
asticus (feminine astica, neuter asticum); first/second-declension adjective
- urban
c. 69 CE – 122 CE,
Suetonius,
De vita Caesarum Gai 20:
- Edidit et peregre spectacula, in Sicilia Syracusis asticos ludos et in Gallia Luguduni miscellos.
- He gave also games abroad, in Sicily at Syracuse urban games and in Gaul at Lugdunum mixed games.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
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