different between asteriscus vs asterisk

English

Noun

asteriscus (plural asterisci)

1. (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 ?????????? (asterískos, “little star”), diminutive of ????? (ast?r, “star”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /as.te?ri?s.kus/, [äs?t????i?s?k?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /as.te?ris.kus/, [?st????iskus]

Noun

aster?scus m (genitive aster?sc?); second declension

1. a small star, an asterisk

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Descendants

References

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

English

Alternative forms

• asterisc
• asterix (eye dialect)

Etymology

From Late Latin asteriscus, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (asterískos, “a little star, asterisk, used in manuscripts to mark passages”), diminutive of ????? (ast?r, “a star”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æst???sk/, /?æst??sk/

Noun

asterisk (plural asterisks)

1. The symbol *.
2. Something in the shape of or resembling the asterisk symbol.
3. (sports, US) A blemish in an otherwise outstanding achievement.

   They came into the tournament highly ranked, but with a little bit of an asterisk as their last two wins had been unconvincing.

Translations

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Typography

Verb

asterisk (third-person singular simple present asterisks, present participle asterisking, simple past and past participle asterisked)

1. (transitive) To mark or replace with an asterisk symbol (*); star.

Related terms

• aster
• asterism
• asteroid

Further reading

• asterisk in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• asterisk in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• sarkiest, skaiters

Danish

Noun

asterisk c (singular definite asterisken, plural indefinite asterisker)

1. asterisk

Inflection

Swedish

Noun

asterisk c

1. asterisk

Declension