asteria

English

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɪəɹiə

Noun

asteria

  1. plural of asterion

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Finnish

Noun

asteria

  1. 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)

  1. starfish

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Latin

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓στερῐ́ᾱ (ăsterĭ́ā), a feminine substantive of ᾰ̓στέρῐος (ăstérĭos, starry). Compare to asterītēs, astrītēs also borrowed from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓στερῑ́της (ăsterī́tēs, that name of a mystical precious stone).

Pronunciation

Noun

asteria f (genitive asteriae); first declension

  1. A kind of precious stone

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative asteria asteriae
genitive asteriae asteriārum
dative asteriae asteriīs
accusative asteriam asteriās
ablative asteriā asteriīs
vocative asteria asteriae

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[1]
  • 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