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 (asteríā), a feminine substantive of ᾰ̓στέρῐος (astérios, “starry”). Compare to asterītēs, astrītēs also borrowed from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓στερῑ́της (asterī́tēs, “that name of a mystical precious stone”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /asˈte.ri.a/, [äs̠ˈt̪ɛriä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /asˈte.ri.a/, [äsˈt̪ɛːriä]
Noun
asteria f (genitive asteriae); first declension
- A kind of precious stone
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | 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 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