# astu
## Finnish
### Verb

astu
* inflection of astua:
** present indicative connegative
** second-person singular present imperative
** second-person singular present imperative connegative

### Anagrams

* -stua, -usta, Satu, asut, auts, satu, suat, taus, tsau, usta

## Irish
### Alternative forms

* asta

### Etymology

From Middle Irish asta, from Old Irish essib, eissib, esib, estib, eistib.

### Pronunciation

* (Munster) IPA: /ˈɑstə/
* (Aran) IPA: /ˈɑsˠt̪ˠəbˠ/ (as if spelled astab)
* (Cois Fharraige) IPA: /ˈasˠt̪ˠəbˠ/ (as if spelled astab)

### Pronoun

astu (emphatic astusan)
* third-person plural of as (“out of”)

### References

* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “7 a”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1938) Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, § 109, page 95
* ↑ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 28
* ↑ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht (in Irish), 2nd edition, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath [Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies], § 300, page 141

## Latin
### Alternative forms

* astȳ

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈas.tuː/, [ˈäs̠t̪uː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈas.tu/, [ˈäst̪u]

### Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek ἄστυ (ástu, “town, city”).

#### Noun

astū n (indeclinable)
* city, Athens specifically
** 161 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Eunuchus 5.5.15–18:PARMENŌ. Tum quandam fidicinam amat hīc Chaerea. LACHĒS. Hem, quid? amat? an scit iam ille quid meretrīx siet? An in Astū vēnit? aliud ex aliō malum. PARMENŌ. Here, nē mē spectēs: mē impulsōre haec nōn facit.PARMENO. Then, Chaerea is in love with some lyre player here. LACHES. Huh, what? He's in love? Does he know already what a prostitute is? Or is he come to Athens? From one misfortune to another. PARMENO. Master, don't look at me: he doesn't do that with me as impeller.

##### Usage notes

While by etymology the word can refer to any town, in practice only the town of Athens is ever signified.

##### Declension

Not declined; used only in the nominative and accusative singular, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
| Nominative | astū |
| Genitive | — |
| Dative | — |
| Accusative | astū |
| Ablative | — |
| Vocative | — |

##### Synonyms

* (town): urbs, oppidum
* (Athens): Athēnae

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

astū
* ablative singular of astus

### References

* “astu”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “astu”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* astu in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* “astu, asty” in volume 2, column 980, line 47 in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present

## Latvian
### Noun

astu f
* genitive plural of aste

## Northern Sami
### Pronunciation

* (Kautokeino) IPA: /ˈasːtuː/

### Etymology 1

From astat +‎ -u.

#### Noun

astu
* free time

##### Derived terms

* asttuheapmẹ

##### Further reading

* Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

astu
* first-person dual imperative of astat