ἀστερίσκος

See also: αστερίσκος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀστήρ (astḗr, “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

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

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

   Synonyms: ἀστέρῐον (astérĭon), ὑόφθᾰλμος (huóphthălmos)

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 asterĭ́skos	τὼ ἀστερῐ́σκω tṑ asterĭ́skō	οἱ ἀστερῐ́σκοι hoi asterĭ́skoi
Genitive	τοῦ ἀστερῐ́σκου toû asterĭ́skou	τοῖν ἀστερῐ́σκοιν toîn asterĭ́skoin	τῶν ἀστερῐ́σκων tôn asterĭ́skōn
Dative	τῷ ἀστερῐ́σκῳ tôi asterĭ́skōi	τοῖν ἀστερῐ́σκοιν toîn asterĭ́skoin	τοῖς ἀστερῐ́σκοις toîs asterĭ́skois
Accusative	τὸν ἀστερῐ́σκον tòn asterĭ́skon	τὼ ἀστερῐ́σκω tṑ asterĭ́skō	τοὺς ἀστερῐ́σκους toùs asterĭ́skous
Vocative	ἀστερῐ́σκε asterĭ́ske	ἀστερῐ́σκω asterĭ́skō	ἀστερῐ́σκοι asterĭ́skoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀστερῐ́σκῐον (asterĭ́skĭon)

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 (2006–2025)