I.a small star, an asterisk, as a typographical mark placed before imperfect, deficient passages of authors: “* asteriscus apponitur in his, quae omissa sunt,” Isid. Orig. 1, 20, 2; so Hier. in Rufin. 2, 8; Aug. Ep. ad Hier. 10, 2 al.
astĕriscus , i, m., = ἀστερίσκος,