English

Noun

asteria

1. plural of asterion

Anagrams

• aristae
• ataries
• atresia
• erastai

Italian

Etymology

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

Noun

asteria f ‎(plural asterie)

1. starfish

Anagrams

• aerasti
• atresia
• rasiate

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 a mystical precious stone”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

asteria f ‎(genitive asteriae); first declension

1. A kind of precious stone

Inflection

First declension.

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, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “asteria”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: 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