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† astu (asty, Vitr. 8, 3; 7 praef.), n., indecl., = ἄστυ, a city, esp. Athens (as urbs κατ’ ἐξοχήν for Rome): omnes qui arcem astuque accolunt cives, Att. ap. Non. p. 4, 330: An in astu venit? Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 17: demigrare ex agris et in astu, Cic. Leg. 2, 2, 5; Nep. Them. 4, 1; id. Alcib. 6, 4.

asty, v. astu.

Astyăges, is, m., = Ἀστυάγης.

  1. I. King of Media, father of Mandane, and grandfather of Cyrus, by whom he was deprived of his throne, Just. 1, 4 sq.
  2. II. An enemy of Perseus, changed by him to stone by means of Medusa’s head, Ov. M. 5, 203.

Astyănax, actis, m., = Ἀστυάναξ (acc. Gr. Astyanacta, Verg. A. 2, 457).

  1. I. Son of Hector and Andromache; at the destruction of Troy he was thrown from a tower by Ulysses, Verg. A. 2, 457; Ov. M. 13, 415.
  2. II. A tragic actor in the time of Cicero, Cic. Att. 4, 15, 6.

astycus, v. asticus.

Astylŏs, i, m., = Ἄστυλος, a centaur and soothsayer, who endeavored to dissuade the other centaurs from the war with the Lapithœ, Ov. M. 12, 308 (called by Hes. Scut. Herc. 185, Ἄσβολος).

Astypălaea, ae, f., = Ἀστυπάλαια.

  1. I. One of the Sporades, an island near Crete, now Stampalia, Mel. 2, 7, 13; Plin. 4, 12, 23, § 71; Ov. A. A. 2, 82.
  2. II. Derivv.
    1. A. Astypălaeenses, ium, m., the inhabitants of Astypalœa, Cic. N. D. 3, 18, 45.
    2. B. Astypălaeĭcus, a, um, adj., Astypalœan: cochleae, Plin. 30, 4, 11, § 32; 30, 6, 15, § 45; 30, 14, 43, § 127.
    3. C. Asty-pălēĭus, a, um, adj.; a poet. form for the preced., Ov. M. 7, 461.

Astyra, ae, or Astyrē, ēs, f., a city of Mysia Major, not far from Adramyttium, Mel. 1, 18, 2; Plin. 5, 30, 32, § 122.

† astytis, ĭdis, f., = ἀστυτίς, a kind of lettuce, Plin. 19, 8, 38, § 127.