aster, ĕris, m., = ἀστήρ.
I A star , Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 14.—
II Esp.
A Aster Atticus, the Italian starwort , aster : Aster amellus, Linn.: aster ab aliquis bubonion appellatur, Plin. 27, 5, 19, § 36; App. Herb. 60.—
B Aster Samius, a kind of Samian earth , whose nature and healing power are described in Plin. 35, 16, 53, § 191.