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.OC1372, 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, IG2.594.
IV. Adv. ἄστυδε (q. v.). (ϝάστυ, cf. “ϝασστυόχος” IG5(2).77 (Tegea): gen. ϝάστιος ib.7.3170 (Orchom. Boeot.): but prob. not cogn. with Skt. ua/sati 'dwell', which has e in the root.)