Astarte

== English == === Alternative forms === Ashtoreth === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin Astarte, ultimately from Phoenician 𐤏𐤔𐤕𐤓𐤕 (ʿAštart) via Ancient Greek Ἀστάρτη (Astártē). Doublet of Ashtoreth and Ishtar. === Proper noun === Astarte A Semitic goddess of fertility, sexuality, and war, cognate in name, origin and function with the goddess Phoenician 𐤏𐤔𐤕𐤓𐤕 (ʿAštart) of Phoenicia. ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === atrates, tears at, tsarate == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀστάρτη (Astártē), itself from Phoenician 𐤏𐤔𐤕𐤓𐤕 (ʿAštart). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [asˈtar.teː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [asˈtar.te] === Proper noun === Astartē f sg (genitive Astartēs); first declension Astarte ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun (feminine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ē), singular only. === References === “Astarte”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Astarte”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.