asteriscus

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin asteriscus. Doublet of asterisk. === Noun === asteriscus (plural asterisci) (anatomy) One of the otoliths found in the lagena of many nonmammalian vertebrates. Coordinate terms: sagitta, lapillus ==== 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 a small star, an asterisk ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== === References === “asteriscus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press