Lewis & Short

1. 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.