asteriscus

See also: Asteriscus

English

Noun

asteriscus (plural asterisci)

1. (anatomy) One of the otoliths found in the lagena of many nonmammalian vertebrates.

Synonyms

• asterisk
• lagenolith

Further reading

• asteriscus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• scar tissue

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀστερίσκος (asterískos, “little star”), diminutive of ἀστήρ (astḗr, “star”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /as.teˈriːs.kus/, [äs̠t̪ɛˈriːs̠kʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /as.teˈris.kus/, [äst̪eˈriskus]

Noun

asterīscus m (genitive asterīscī); second declension

1. a small star, an asterisk

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	asterīscus	asterīscī
Genitive	asterīscī	asterīscōrum
Dative	asterīscō	asterīscīs
Accusative	asterīscum	asterīscōs
Ablative	asterīscō	asterīscīs
Vocative	asterīsce	asterīscī

Descendants

• asterisk

References

• “asteriscus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press