ἄστρον, τό, mostly in
plural,
the stars, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; τοῦ κατ᾽ ἄστρα Ζηνός, ={τοῦ ἐν οὐρανῷ}, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄστρων εὐφρόνη, ={εὐφρ. ἀστερόεσσα}, [
Refs] probable reading in [
Refs 7th c.BC+]; περὶ τὸ ἄ. in the
dog-days, [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
poetry of the sun, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: seldom of
any common star, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; of the fixed stars, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἄστρα πλανητά, opposed to ἀπλανῆ, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to ἐνδεδεμένα, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; opposed to ἀστέρες, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἐπὶ τοῖς ἄστροις at the times of
the stars' rising or setting, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄστροις σημαίνεσθαι, τεκμαίρεσθαι, guide oneself by
the stars, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἄστροις τὸ λοιπὸν ἐκμετρούμενος χθόνα knowing its place only by
the stars, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II) of something
brilliant, admirable, Ἀκροκόρινθον Ἑλλάδος ἄ.[
Refs 3rd c.BC+]