ἀστέριος

asterios

starred, starry

Appears 5 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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History of Animals 5
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Book V 1
Chapter 10 543a14–543b5

543a17
Book VI 1
Chapter 11 566a2–566b1

566a17
Book IX 3
Chapter 1 608a11–610a35

609b22

Chapter 18 616b33–617a10

617a5

Chapter 36 620a17–620b9

620a18

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀστέριος, α, ον, also ος, ον, A. starred, starry, Arat. 695; ἀ. ἄμαξα, = Ἄρκτος, Call. Fr. 146; κύτος, of the sphere of the fixed stars, Vett.Val. 172.32. 2. of a star, [σῶμα] Porph. Chr. 35; ὕλη Orph. Fr. 353. II. ἀστέριον, τό, a kind of spider, Nic. Th. 725. III. ἀστέριον, τό, name of a plant, Crateuas Fr. 10; = κορωνόπους, Ps.-Dsc. 2.130 (prob. for ἄστριον) = σφονδύλιον, Id. 3.76; = κάνναβις ἥμερος, ib.148; = ἀστὴρ Ἀττικός, Id. 4.119. IV. ἀστέριον, τό, = ἀστήρ VI, Dsc. Eup. 2.30. V. ἀστέριος λίθος meteoric stone, D.P. 328.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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