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astu

astu is a Latin form of astus, meaning “cunning, craft; (astu) by cunning”. It is the ablative singular masculine noun.

Found 84 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Vergil, Aeneid 10.522: Ille astu subit ac tremibunda supervolat hasta,

Terence, Eunuchus 5.5.986: An in Astu venit? aliud ex alio malum.

Plautus, Epidicus 4.1.545a: hánc congrediar ástu.

All forms of astus (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.