asteria

asteria

1. plural of asterion

• Artesia, Astaire, aristae, ataries, atresia, erastai

asteria

1. Partitive singular form of asteri.

From Latin asteria, from Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr.

asteria f (plural asterie)

1. starfish

• aerasti
• atresia
• rasiate

Probably borrowed from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓στερῐ́ᾱ (asteríā), a feminine substantive of ᾰ̓στέρῐος (astérios, “starry”). Compare to asterītēs, astrītēs also borrowed from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓στερῑ́της (asterī́tēs, “that name of a a mystical precious stone”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /asˈte.ri.a/, [asˈtɛ.ri.a]

asteria f (genitive asteriae); first declension

1. A kind of precious stone

First declension.

• astĕrĭa in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• asteria in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• asteria in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• asteria in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎
• asteria in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• asteria in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• asteria in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly