asteriscus

See also: Asteriscus

English

Noun

asteriscus (plural asterisci)

(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

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /as.teˈris.kus/, [äs̠t̪ɛˈrɪs̠kʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /as.teˈris.kus/, [äst̪eˈriskus]

Noun

asteriscus m (genitive asteriscī); second declension

a small star, an asterisk

Declension

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Descendants

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

References

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

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