English

Noun

Astur ‎(plural Asturs or Astures)

1. A member of a tribe of hunter-gatherers that lived in northern Spain until the first century BC.

Related terms

• Asturian
• Asturias

Translations

Asturian

Alternative forms

• ástur

Adjective

astur (epicene, plural astures)

1. Asturian
2. Astur

Latin

Etymology

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]

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈas.tur/, [ˈas.tʊr]

Noun

astur m ‎(genitive asturis); third declension

1. A species of hawk

Declension

Third declension.

Descendants

• French: autour
• Italian: astore

References

• 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, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “astur”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

1. ↑ Walde, Alois; Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1938), “astur”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume I, 3rd edition, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 74

Spanish

Adjective

astur m, f ‎(plural astures)

1. Asturian
2. Astur