ἄστυ

A. ἄστη Id. Supp. 952; ἄστεα Hdt. 1.5:—town, ἄ. μέγα Πριάμοιο Il. 2.332, al.: with name in gen., Σουσίδος, Σούσων ἄ., A. Pers. 119, 535; ἄ. Θήβης S. OC 1372, Tr. 1154, etc.

2. lower town, opp. acropolis, Hdt. 1.176, al.

II. in Attica, town (i.e. Athens), opp. ἀγρός (country), mostly without Art., στυγῶν μὲν ἄ. Ar. Ach. 33; ἐξ ἄστεως νῦν εἰς ἀγρὸν χωρῶμεν Id. Fr. 107; ἔγημα . . ἄγροικος ὢν ἐξ ἄστεως I married a town girl, Id. Nu. 47; τῶν κατ’ ἄστυ πραγμάτων Men. Georg. Fr. 4: also with Art., πρὸς τὸ ἄ. Pl. R. 327b, 328c, al.

2. Athens, opp. Phalerum or Piraeus, Id. Smp. 172a, D. 20.12, Arist. Pol. 1303b12, al.; τὸ ἄστυ τῆς πόλεως, opp. Piraeus, Lycurg. 18; ἄρχοντος ἐν ἄστει, opp. ἐν Σαλαμῖνι, IG 2.594.

3. in Egypt, Alexandria, PHal. 1.89 (iii B. C.), St.Byz. s.v. ἄστυ, etc.

III. town in the material sense, opp. πόλις (the civic body), Il. 17.144.

IV. Adv. ἄστυδε (q. v.). (vάστυ, cf. vασστυόχος IG 5(2).77 (Tegea): gen. vάστιος ib.7.3170 (Orchom. Boeot.): but prob. not cogn. with Skt. ua/sati 'dwell', which has e in the root.)