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Etymology

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Literally, “to [the] stars”, as a metaphor for immortality and eternal glory.

Pronunciation

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• (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aˈdas.tra]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [aˈdas.tra]

Phrase

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ad astra

1. (idiomatic) to the stars, to heaven (cf. reach for the stars) per aspera ad astraThrough hardships to the stars.
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 9.640:macte novā virtūte, puer, sīc ītur ad astra
     • 2007 translation by Ahl, FrederickBlessings on your new manhood, my boy. That’s the pathway to heaven.

Usage notes

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• Used in a large variety of poetic expressions and modern mottoes.

Further reading

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• “astrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Ad astra (phrase) on Wikipedia

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