asteria

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪəɹiə

Noun

asteria

1. plural of asterion

Anagrams

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

Finnish

Noun

asteria

1. partitive singular of asteri

Anagrams

• sierata

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 (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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [asˈtɛ.ri.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [asˈtɛː.ri.a]

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
• “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