AD ASTRAとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈdas.tra/, [äˈd̪äs̠.t̪ɾä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈdas.tra/, [ɑˈd̪ɑs.t̪rɑ]

成句

ad astra

1. (idiomatic) to the stars, to heaven (cf. reach for the stars)

   29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 9.640:

   macte novā virtūte, puer, sīc ītur ad astra

   • 2007 translation by Ahl, Frederick

     Blessings on your new manhood, my boy. That’s the pathway to heaven.

   per aspera ad astra

   Through hardships to the stars.