astĕrĭa, ae, f., = ἀστερια,
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 .
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