ἀστερίσκος

See also: αστερίσκος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀστήρ (astḗr, “star”) +‎ -ῐ́σκος (-ískos, 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

ἀστερῐ́σκος • (asterískos) m (genitive ἀστερῐ́σκου); second declension

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

   Synonyms: ἀστέρῐον (astérion), ὑόφθᾰλμος (huóphthalmos)

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

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ἀστερῐ́σκος; τοῦ ἀστερῐ́σκου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἀστερῐ́σκος ho asterískos	τὼ ἀστερῐ́σκω tṑ asterískō	οἱ ἀστερῐ́σκοι hoi asterískoi
Genitive	τοῦ ἀστερῐ́σκου toû asterískou	τοῖν ἀστερῐ́σκοιν toîn asterískoin	τῶν ἀστερῐ́σκων tôn asterískōn
Dative	τῷ ἀστερῐ́σκῳ tôi asterískōi	τοῖν ἀστερῐ́σκοιν toîn asterískoin	τοῖς ἀστερῐ́σκοις toîs asterískois
Accusative	τὸν ἀστερῐ́σκον tòn asterískon	τὼ ἀστερῐ́σκω tṑ asterískō	τοὺς ἀστερῐ́σκους toùs asterískous
Vocative	ἀστερῐ́σκε asteríske	ἀστερῐ́σκω asterískō	ἀστερῐ́σκοι asterískoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀστερῐ́σκῐον (asterískion)

Descendants

• Greek: αστερίσκος (asterískos)
• → Latin: asteriscus
  • Asturian: asteriscu
  • Catalan: asterisc
  • → English: asterisk (learned)
    • → Japanese: アスタリスク
  • → French: astérisque (learned)
    • → 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 (2006–2024)