Asteria

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Astĕrĭa, ae, or , ēs, f., = Ἀστερίη.

I The daughter of Polus and Phoebe , mother of the fourth Hercules : Asteria, Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 42: Asterie, Hyg. Fab. prooem.—

II Daughter of the Titan Coeus , changed by Jupiter into a quail , and thrown into the sea : 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,

III 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.

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