ἀστήρ, ὁ,
genitive έρος: dative plural ἀστράσι[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.28, 317 (3rd-2nd c.BC: Aristarchus Grammaticus ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἄστρασι [[ Scholia Ven., 4th-5th c.AD: Choeroboscus Grammaticus)] Refs 4th c.AD+]:—star (see. ἄστρον), ἀστέρ᾽ ὀπωρινῷ[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.5; οὔλιος ἀ. 11.62; Σείριος ἀ. 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 417] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀ. Ἀρκτοῦρος the chief star in the constellation, [[[prev. work] 565] Refs], etc.; shooting star or meteor, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.75; οἱ διατρέχοντες ἀ. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 838; ᾄττοντας ὥσπερ ἀστέρας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 621b, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 341a33, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Agis” 11. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__2 flame, light, fire, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1131 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 ἀστὴρ πέτρινος meteoric stone, [[ “Placita Philosophorum” 2.13.9. ] Refs]
__II metaphorically of illustrious persons, etc., φανερώτατον ἀστέρ᾽ Ἀθήνας[[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1122 (Lyric poetry); Μουσάων ἀστέρα καὶ Χαρίτων “Anthologia Graeca” 7.1.8 (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus Mess.) ] Refs 7th c.BC+]
__III star-fish, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ γυναικείης φύσιος” 32, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 548a7, “PA” 681b9, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]