Estonian

Verb

astus

1. Third-person singular past form of astuma.

Latin

Etymology

May be from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱst-, Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- ‎(“sharp”). Or borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄστυ ‎(ástu), with the common belief that more sophisticated and intelligent people lived in cities.

Noun

astus m ‎(genitive astūs); fourth declension

1. craft, cunning, guile
2. adroitness, dexterity
3. trick, stratagem

Inflection

Fourth declension.

References

• astus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• astus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ASTUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “astus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.