ἀστερίσκος

See also: αστερίσκος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ᾰ̓στήρ (ăstḗr, “star”) +‎ -ῐ́σκος (-ĭ́skos, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /as.te.rís.kos/ → /as.teˈris.kos/ → /as.teˈris.kos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /as.te.rís.kos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /as.teˈris.kos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /as.teˈris.kos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /as.teˈris.kos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /as.teˈris.kos/

Noun

ᾰ̓στερῐ́σκος • (ăsterĭ́skos) m (genitive ᾰ̓στερῐ́σκου); second declension

1. little star
2. asterisk; the mark *
3. Italian aster (Aster amellus)

   Synonyms: ᾰ̓στέρῐον (ăstérĭon), ῠ̔όφθᾰλμος (hŭóphthălmos)

4. (botany) capsule of the poppy
5. small wheel with projections
6. (geometry) geometrical figure shaped like a star

Declension

Second declension of ὁ ᾰ̓στερῐ́σκος; τοῦ ᾰ̓στερῐ́σκου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ᾰ̓στερῐ́σκος ho ăsterĭ́skos	τὼ ᾰ̓στερῐ́σκω tṑ ăsterĭ́skō	οἱ ᾰ̓στερῐ́σκοι hoi ăsterĭ́skoi
Genitive	τοῦ ᾰ̓στερῐ́σκου toû ăsterĭ́skou	τοῖν ᾰ̓στερῐ́σκοιν toîn ăsterĭ́skoin	τῶν ᾰ̓στερῐ́σκων tôn ăsterĭ́skōn
Dative	τῷ ᾰ̓στερῐ́σκῳ tōî ăsterĭ́skōi	τοῖν ᾰ̓στερῐ́σκοιν toîn ăsterĭ́skoin	τοῖς ᾰ̓στερῐ́σκοις toîs ăsterĭ́skois
Accusative	τὸν ᾰ̓στερῐ́σκον tòn ăsterĭ́skon	τὼ ᾰ̓στερῐ́σκω tṑ ăsterĭ́skō	τοὺς ᾰ̓στερῐ́σκους toùs ăsterĭ́skous
Vocative	ᾰ̓στερῐ́σκε ăsterĭ́ske	ᾰ̓στερῐ́σκω ăsterĭ́skō	ᾰ̓στερῐ́σκοι ăsterĭ́skoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ᾰ̓στερῐ́σκῐον (ăsterĭ́skĭon)

Descendants

• Greek: αστερίσκος (asterískos)
• → Latin: asteriscus
  • 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

Further reading

• “ἀστερίσκος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀστερίσκος in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀστερίσκος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2026)