asteriscus

See also: Asteriscus

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin asteriscus. Doublet of asterisk.

Noun

asteriscus (plural asterisci)

1. (anatomy) One of the otoliths found in the lagena of many nonmammalian vertebrates.

Synonyms

• asterisk
• lagenolith

Further reading

• asteriscus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• scar tissue

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀστερίσκος (asterískos, “little star”), diminutive of ἀστήρ (astḗr, “star”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [as.tɛˈrɪs.kʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [as.teˈris.kus]

Noun

asteriscus m (genitive asteriscī); second declension

1. a small star, an asterisk

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	asteriscus	asteriscī
genitive	asteriscī	asteriscōrum
dative	asteriscō	asteriscīs
accusative	asteriscum	asteriscōs
ablative	asteriscō	asteriscīs
vocative	asterisce	asteriscī

Descendants

• Asturian: asteriscu
• Catalan: asterisc
• → English: asterisk (learned)
  • → Japanese: アスタリスク
• → French: astérisque (learned)
  • → Dutch: asterisk
  • → Romanian: asterisc
• Galician: asterisco
• Italian: asterisco
• Portuguese: asterisco
• Spanish: asterisco

References

• “asteriscus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press