ἀστρονόμος

See also: αστρονόμος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀστήρ (astḗr) +‎ νέμω (némō) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /as.tro.nó.mos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /as.troˈno.mos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /as.troˈno.mos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /as.troˈno.mos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /as.troˈno.mos/

Noun

ἀστρονόμος • (astronómos) m (genitive ἀστρονόμου); second declension

astronomer

Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Descendants

Greek: αστρονόμος (astronómos)
→ Latin: astronomus (see there for further descendants)
→ Macedonian: астроном (astronom)
→ Russian: астроном (astronom)
- → Kazakh: астроном (astronom)

Further reading

ἀστρονόμος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
ἀστρονόμος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
ἀστρονόμος - ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ (since 2011) Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch) University of Chicago.
“ἀστρονόμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- astronomer idem, page 48.

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