ἄστυ,τό, Ep. and Ion. gen.εος(disyll. in Semon. 7.74 ), Att. and Trag.εως(ἄστεοςis never required by the metre,ἄστεως(trisyll.) is necessary in E. Or. 761 , Ph. 842 , El. 246 , and is the only form found in Att. Inscrr., as IG 2.584.7 , 22.463.76 ; it is a disyll. in E. El. 298 , Ba. 840 ): pl.,
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.