Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, ἀστεῖος

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2. of thoughts and words, refined, elegant, witty, διάλεκτον ἀστείαν ὑποθηλυτέραν, opp. ἀνελεύθερον ὑπαγροικοτέραν, Ar.Fr.685; “ἀστεῖόν τι λέξαι” Id.Ra.901; ἀστεῖον λέγεις (where there is a play on the double sense, witty and popular) Id.Nu.204; “ἀ. καὶ δημωφελεῖς οἱ λόγοι” Pl.Phdr.227d; “ἀστεῖον εἰπεῖν” Com.Anon.248 Mein., cf. Axiop.1.14; “ἀστειοτάτας ἐπινοίας” Ar.Eq. 539; of persons, “οἱ ἀ.” the wits, Pl.R.452d; “τὰ ἀ.” witty sayings, witticisms, Arist.Rh.1411b21, al. Adv. “-ως” J.AJ12.4.4, Plu.2.123f, Luc.Nigr.13.

3. as a general word of praise, of things and persons, pretty, charming, “βοσκήματε” Ar.Ach.811; “ἑορτή” Pl.Grg. 447a; “ἀ. καὶ εὐήθης” Id.R.349b, cf. Phdr.242e, Hp.Ep.13; “ἐστὶ γοῦν ἁπλῆ τις;—ἀστεία μὲν οὖν” Anaxil.21; ἀστεῖόν [ἐστι] ὅτι ἐρυθριᾷς it is charming to see you blush, Pl.Ly.204c; ἀστεῖον πάνυ εἰ . . Men. Sam.149.

b. ironically, ἀ. κέρδος a pretty piece of luck, Ar.Nu. 1064; “ἀστεῖος εἶ” Diph.73.

4. of outward appearance, pretty, graceful, LXX Ex.2.2, al.; “οἱ μικροὶ ἀ. καὶ σύμμετροι, καλοὶ δ᾽ οὔ” Arist. EN1123b7; handsome, LXX Jd.3.17 (of Eglon): in Comedy, of dainty dishes, κραμβίδιον, κρεΐσκον, Antiph.6, Alex.189.

5. good of its kind, “αἷμα” Hp.Alim.44; “ἑλλέβορος” Str.9.3.3; “οἶνος” Plu.2.620d; of persons, good, Ph.1.97, Plu.Them.5; ἀστεῖα good qualities, opp. φαῦλα, Demetr.Eloc.114. Adv. -είως honourably, “πράττων” LXX 2 Ma. 12.43, cf. Ph.1.244.

Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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