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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἄστρον (ástron, “star”).
Pronunciation
Noun
astrum n (genitive astrī); second declension
- (poetic) star, constellation
- Synonyms: astēr, stēlla, sīdus
8 CE,
Ovid,
Fasti 2.117–118:
- astrīs delphīna recēpit Iuppiter
- Jupiter admitted the dolphin to the constellations
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
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References
- “astrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “astrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- astrum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- astrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- the star-lit sky; the firmament: caelum astris distinctum et ornatum
- “astrum”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly