ἀστερίσκος

A. little star, Call. Iamb. 1.120, Hipparch. 3.5.22 (pl.).
2. = ἀστερίσκιον, Eust. 424.5.
II. asterisk, the mark <*> by which Gramm. distinguished fine passages in Mss., Id. 599.34, etc.; also used as a metrical sign, Heph. Poëm. p.74C.
III. = ἀστὴρ Ἀττικός, blue daisy, Thphr. HP 4.12.2, Ps.-Dsc. 4.119.
IV. capsule of the poppy, Dsc. 4.64.
V. small wheel with projections, Hero Aut. 24.5.
VI. a geometrical figure, Id.*Stereom. 1.77.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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