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English
Pronunciation
Noun
asteria
- plural of asterion
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Finnish
Noun
asteria
- partitive singular of asteri
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Italian
Etymology
From Latin asteria, from Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr.
Noun
asteria f (plural asterie)
- starfish
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Latin
Etymology
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 mystical precious stone”).
Pronunciation
Noun
asteria f (genitive asteriae); first declension
- A kind of precious stone
Declension
First-declension noun.
References
- “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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 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 and Roman 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