astur

• ástur

astur (epicene, plural astures)

1. Asturian (of, from or relating to the autonomous community of Asturias, Spain)
2. Astur (of, from or relating to a Paleohispanic tribe in northern Spain until the first century BC)

Various etymologies exist:

• From acceptor (“receiver”), with influence from accipiter.
• From astēr (“star”), from Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr).
• Eventually from Proto-Indo-European *(h₂)stornos (“starling”), from *(h₂)stern-, whence Latin sturnus, Ancient Greek ἀστραλός (astralós), Proto-Germanic *staraz (“starling”), Old English stær.^[1]

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈas.tʊr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈas.t̪ur]

astur m (genitive asturis); third declension

1. A species of hawk

Third-declension noun.

• “astur”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "astur", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• astur in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

• IPA^(key): /asˈtuɾ/ [asˈt̪uɾ]
• Rhymes: -uɾ
• Syllabification: as‧tur

astur m or f (masculine and feminine plural astures)

1. Asturian (of, from or relating to the autonomous community of Asturias, Spain)

   Synonym: asturiano

2. Astur (of, from or relating to a Paleohispanic tribe in northern Spain until the first century BC)

• “astur”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024