ἀστερίας
From LSJ
τὸ βέλτερον κακοῦ καὶ τὸ δίμοιρον αἰνῶ, καὶ δίκᾳ δίκας ἕπεσθαι, ξὺν εὐχαῖς ἐμαῖς, λυτηρίοις μηχαναῖς θεοῦ πάρα → I approve the better kind of evil, the two-thirds kind, and that, in accordance with my prayers, through contrivances bringing salvation at the god’s hand
English (LSJ)
ου, ὁ,
A starred: hence, I a fish, Squalus stellaris, Philyll.1.2, Arist.HA543a17. II a bird, 1 perh. bittern, Ardea stellaris, ib.609b22. 2 a kind of hawk, ib.620a18; = χρυσάετος, Ael.NA2.39.
German (Pape)
[Seite 375] ὁ, gestirnt, gefleckt, Beiwort einer Art ἐρωδιός Arist. H. A. 9, 1; ἱέραξ 9, 36; γαλεός, eine Art Haifisch, s. Philist. St. B. Γαλεῶται.
