- Asterie
- 1.
astĕrĭa, ae, f., = asteria, a precious stone, perh. cat's-eye, Plin. 37, 9, 47, § 131.—Called in Isid. Orig. 16, 10, 3. astĕ-rītes; in Mart. Cap. 1, p. 19, astrītes.2.Astĕrĭa, ae, or -ē, ēs, f., = Asteriê.I.The daughter of Polus and Phœbe, mother of the fourth Hercules:II.
Asteria,
Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 42: Asterie, Hyg. Fab. prooem.—Daughter of the Titan Cœus, changed by Jupiter into a quail, and thrown into the sea:III.Asterie,
Ov. M. 6, 108; Hyg. Fab. 53. —In the place where she was cast down— the island of Delos—arose Ortygia (quail island); hence called,Astĕrĭa, Plin. 4, 12, 22, § 66.—IV.An ancient name of the island of Rhodes, Plin. 5, 31, 36, § 132.—V.Astĕriē, a female proper name, Hor. C. 3, 7.
Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and Charles Short. 2011.