ἄστρον

A. the stars, Il. 8.555, Od. 12.312, A. Pr. 458, Ag. 4, etc.; τοῦ κατ’ ἄστρα Ζηνός, = τοῦ ἐν οὐρανῷ, S. Tr. 1106; ἄστρων εὐφρόνη, = εὐφρ. ἀστερόεσσα, Id. El. 19: sg., like ἀστήρ, freq. of Sirius (in full, σήριον ἄστρον prob. l. in Alcm. 23.63), Alc. 39,40, X. Cyn. 4.6, Thphr. CP 6.10.9, al.; περὶ τὸ ἄ. in the dog-days, Hp. Epid. 7.7; poet. of the sun, Pi. O. 1.6, Pl. Def. 411b: seldom of any common star, Gal. 17(1).16, Sch.Arat. 11; of the fixed stars, Arist. Cael. 290a20; ἄστρα πλανητά, opp. ἀπλανῆ, Pl. Ti. 38c; opp. ἐνδεδεμένα, Arist. Mete. 346a2; opp. ἀστέρες, Herm. ap. Stob. 1.21.9; ἐπὶ τοῖς ἄστροις at the times of the stars' rising or setting, Hp. Aër. 10, Arist. HA 568a18; ἄστροις σημαίνεσθαι, τεκμαίρεσθαι, guide oneself by the stars, Ael. NA 2.7, 7.48; ἄστροις τὸ λοιπὸν ἐκμετρούμενος χθόνα knowing its place only by the stars, S. OT 795: metaph., ἐχθροῖς ἄ. ὣς λάμψειν Id. El. 66.

II. of something brilliant, admirable, Ἀκροκόρινθον Ἑλλάδος ἄ. AP 7.297 (Polystr.), cf. 9.400 (Pall.), APl. 4.295; Σωκρατικῆς σοφίης ἄ. IG 3.770 a.