〈ἀστήρ〉 astēr ‘star’
ἀστερίσκος
asteriskos
Greek noun
Last edited: 2025-02-24| Primary meaning | little star |
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| Literal translation | little star |
| Variants | ἀστερίσκος asteriskos |
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little star celestial object
Ὁ δὲ ἐν ἄκρᾳ τῇ ἀριστερᾷ χειρὶ τῆς Παρθένου κείμενος λαμπρὸς ἀστὴρ Στάχυς προσαγορεύεται· ὁ δὲ παρὰ τὴν δεξιὰν τῆς Παρθένου πτέρυγα κείμενος ἀστερίσκος Προτρυγητὴρ ὀνομάζεται.
‘The bright star lying on the tip of the left hand of Virgo is called Wheat Ear; and the little star lying near the right wing of Virgo is named Harbinger of the Vintage.’
APA (7th)
Peeters, T. (2025). ἀστερίσκος (Lemma #2901). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2901/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Peeters, T. (2025). ἀστερίσκος (Lemma #2901). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2901/
MLA (9th)
Peeters, T. (2025). ἀστερίσκος (Lemma #2901). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2901/
Harvard
Peeters, T. (2025) ἀστερίσκος (Lemma #2901), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2901/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX
@misc{zodiac2901,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
author = {Peeters, Thomas},
year = {2025},
title = {ἀστερίσκος ({Lemma} #2901)},
url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2901/},
howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2901/},
}