asteriscus

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

astĕriscus: i, m., = ἀστερίσκος,
I a small star, an asterisk, as a typographical mark placed before imperfect, deficient passages of authors: * asteriscus apponitur in his, quae omissa sunt, Isid. Orig. 1, 20, 2; so Hier. in Rufin. 2, 8; Aug. Ep. ad Hier. 10, 2 al.