different between asteria vs asterix

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -???i?

Noun

asteria

1. plural of asterion

Anagrams

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

Finnish

Noun

asteria

1. Partitive singular form of asteri.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin asteria, from Ancient Greek ????? (ast?r), from Proto-Indo-European *h?st?r.

Noun

asteria f (plural asterie)

1. starfish

Anagrams

• aerasti
• atresia
• rasiate

Latin

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Ancient Greek ????????? (asterí?), a feminine substantive of ????????? (astérios, “starry”). Compare to aster?t?s, astr?t?s also borrowed from Ancient Greek ??????????? (aster??t?s, “that name of a mystical precious stone”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /as?te.ri.a/, [äs??t???iä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /as?te.ri.a/, [?s?t????i?]

Noun

asteria f (genitive asteriae); first declension

1. A kind of precious stone

Declension

First-declension noun.

References

• ast?r?a 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, 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 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

English

Etymology

Through metathesis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æst???ks/

Noun

asterix

1. Pronunciation spelling of asterisk.