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|Definition=ὁ, gen. έρος: dat. pl.<br><span class="bld">A</span> ἀστράσι Il.22.28,317 (Aristarch.; [[ἄστρασι]] Sch.Ven., Choerob.):—[[star]] (v. [[ἄστρον]]), ἀστέρ' ὀπωρινῷ Il. 5.5; [[οὔλιος]] ἀστήρ 11.62; [[Σείριος]] ἀστήρ Hes.Op.417; ἀστὴρ [[Ἀρκτοῦρος]] = [[Arcturus]], the [[chief]] [[star]] in the [[constellation]], ib.565, etc.; [[shooting star]] or [[meteor]], Il.4.75; οἱ διατρέχοντες ἀστέρες Ar.Pax838; ᾄττοντας ὥσπερ ἀστέρας Pl.R. 621b, cf. Arist.Mete.341a33, Plu.Agis11.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[flame]], [[light]], [[fire]], E.Hel.1131 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">3</span> ἀστὴρ [[πέτρινος]] [[meteoric]] [[stone]], Placit.2.13.9.<br><span class="bld">II</span> metaph. of [[illustrious]] persons, etc., φανερώτατον ἀστέρ' Ἀθήνας E.Hipp.1122 (lyr.); Μουσάων ἀστέρα καὶ Χαρίτων AP7.1.8 (Alc. Mess.)<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[starfish]], Hp.Nat.Mul.32, Arist.HA548a7, PA681b9, etc.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> name of a [[bird]], perhaps [[goldfinch]], Dionys.Av.3.2.<br><span class="bld">V</span> [[blue daisy]], [[Aster amellus]], Nic.Fr.74.66, Dsc.4.119.<br><span class="bld">VI</span> [[Samian]] [[clay]] used as [[sealing]]-[[wax]], and in Medicine, Thphr.Lap.63, Dsc.5.153, Gal.12.178, al.<br><span class="bld">VII</span> [[architectural]] [[ornament]], IG4.1484.83 (Epid.), SIG241B111 (Delph., iv B. C.).<br><span class="bld">VIII</span> [[bandage]], Gal.18 (1).823.<br><span class="bld">2</span> name of various [[remedy|remedies]], Id.12.761, al.<br><span class="bld">IX</span> [[birthmark in form of star]], Carcin. ap. Arist.Po.1454b22: in Palmistry, a [[mark]] on the [[hand]], τῷ ύ στοιχείῳ παραπλήσιον Cat.Cod.Astr.7.238.28. (Cf. Skt. stár- `star', Lat. [[stella]] (from stēr-la), Goth. stairnō.)