asteria

== English == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɪəɹiə === Noun === asteria plural of asterion === Anagrams === Artesia, Astaire, aristae, ataries, atresia, erastai == Finnish == === Noun === asteria 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) 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 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, 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