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sīdus eris, n
sīdus , ĕris, n. [cf. Sanscr. svid,
to sweat, melt; Gr. sidêros (molten) iron; Lat. sudo] .
(a). Plur.: illi sempiterni ignes, quae sidera et stellas vocatis, Cic. Rep. 6, 15, 15 : signis sideribusque caelestibus, id. N. D. 1, 13, 35 : circuitus solis et lunae reliquorumque siderum, id. ib. 2, 62, 155 ; cf.: solem lunamque praecipua siderum, Quint. 2, 16, 6 ; and: in sole sidera ipsa desinunt cerni, id. 8, 5, 29 : siderum regina bicornis Luna, Hor. C. S. 35 : Arcturi sidera, Verg. G. 1, 204 : solis, i. e. sol, Ov. M. 14, 172 : sidera, quae vocantur errantia, Cic. Div. 2, 42, 89 ; so, errantia, Plin. 2, 8, 6, § 32 : siderum motus, Cic. Rep. 3, 2, 3 ; id. Lael. 23, 88: sidera viderit innumerabilia, id. Tusc. 5, 24, 69 ; id. Fin. 2, 31, 102; id. N. D. 2, 15, 39 et saep.; * Caes. B. G. 6, 14 fin.; Quint. 1, 4, 4; 2, 17, 38; 12, 11, 10 al.; Lucr. 1, 231; 1, 788; 1, 1065: candida, id. 5, 1210 : alta, Verg. A. 3, 619 : surgentia, id. ib. 6, 850 : radiantia, Ov. M. 7, 325 : turbata, Stat. Th. 12, 406 al. : lucida, Hor. C. 1, 3, 2 ; 3, 1, 32; id. Epod. 3, 15; 5, 45; 17, 5.--
(b). Sing., a heavenly body, a star; and collect., a
group of stars, a constellation: clarum Tyndaridae sidus, Hor. C. 4, 8, 31 : fervidum, Sirius, id. Epod. 1, 27 ; nivosum sidus Pleiadum, Stat. S. 1, 1, 95 : insana Caprae sidera, Hor. C. 3, 7, 6 : Baccho placuisse coronam, Ex Ariadnaeo sidere nosse potes, Ov. F. 5, 346 ; so of the constellation Arcturus, Plin. 18, 31, 74, § 311 (for which, in the plur.: Arcturi sidera, Verg. G. 1, 204 ); of Capella, Ov. M. 3, 594; of the Vergiliae, Liv. 21, 35, 6; Curt. 5, 6, 12; of Saturn, Plin. 2, 8, 6, § 32 sq.; Juv. 6, 569; of Venus, Plin. 2, 8, 6, § 36; Luc. 1, 661; of the Moon: sidus lunae, Plin. 2, 9, 6, § 41 ; of the Sun: calidi sideris aestu, Tib. 2, 1, 47 : aetherium, Ov. M. 1, 424 ; Plin. 7, 60, 60, § 212: solstitiale, Just. 13, 7 fin. ; cf.: sidus utrumque, for the rising and
setting sun, Petr. poët. 119, 2; and also for the sun and moon, Plin. 2, 13, 10, §§ 56 and 57.--Poet., collect.: nec sidus fefellit, i. e. through ignorance, Verg. A. 7, 215 .--
II. Transf. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
A. The sky, the heavens, = caelum. (Juppiter) terram, mare,
sidera movit, Ov. M. 1, 180: (Hercules) flammis ad sidera missus, Juv.11,63; cf.: abrupto sidere nimbus It, Verg. A. 12, 451 : sidera observare, Curt. 7, 4, 28 .--
2. Like caelum, to denote a very great height: Pyramidum sumptus ad sidera ducti, Prop. 3, 2 (4, 1), 17: evertunt actas ad sidera pinus, Verg. A. 11, 136 ; cf. Juv. 11, 63: ad sidera Erigitur, Verg. A. 9, 239 : aves, quas naturalis levitas ageret ad sidera, Curt. 4, 5, 3 : domus quae vertice sidera pulsat, Mart. 8, 36, 11 ; 9, 62, 10; Verg. G. 2, 427; id. A. 3, 243; id. E. 5, 62 al.--
b. Trop. (also like caelum), as the summit or height
of fame, fortune, success, etc.: quodsi me lyricis vatibus inseris, Sublimi feriam sidera vertice, Hor. C. 1, 1, 36 : vertice sidera tangere, Ov. M. 7, 61 ; cf.: tuum nomen ... Cantantes sublime ferent ad sidera cygni, Verg. E. 9, 29 : usque ad sidera notus, id. ib. 5, 43 : contingere sidera plantis, to walk upon the stars
(like the gods) (of one exceedingly fortunate), Prop. 1, 8, 43 (1, 8 b, 17);
cf.: celerique fugā sub sidera lapsae, Verg. A. 3, 243 .--
B. For night: exactis
sideribus, Prop. 1, 3, 38 : sidera producere
ludo, Stat. Th. 8, 219 ; cf.: sideribus
dubiis, at dawn, Juv. 5, 22 .--
C. A star, as a comparison for any thing bright,
brilliant, shining, beautiful, etc. (syn.: stella, astrum): oculi, geminae, sidera nostra, faces, Prop. 2, 3, 14 ; so of the eyes, Ov. Am. 2, 16, 44 ; 3, 3, 9; id. M. 1, 499: sidere pulchrior
Ille, Hor. C. 3, 9, 21 ; cf. id. ib. 1, 12, 47; of form, beauty, Stat. S. 3, 4, 26 ; Val. Fl.
5, 468.--
2. Concr., ornament, pride, glory: o sidus Fabiae, Maxime, gentis ades, Ov. P. 3, 3, 2 ; cf. id. ib. 4, 6, 9; Col. poët, 10, 96: puerum egregiae
praeclarum
sidere formae, Stat. S. 3, 4, 26 : Macedoniae
columen
ac sidus, Curt. 9, 6, 8 .--As a term of endearment, my star, Suet. Calig.
13 fin.; Hor. Epod. 17, 41.--
D. Season of the year: quo sidere terram Vertere Conveniat, Verg. G. 1, 1 ; cf.: hiberno moliris sidere classem? id. A. 4, 309 : sidere aequinoctii quo maxime tumescit Oceanus, Tac.
A. 1, 70 ; cf.: brumale sidus, Ov. P. 2, 4, 25 : sidere flagrante brumali, Amm. 27, 12, 12 .--
2. Climate, weather, etc.: ut patrios fontes patriumque sidus ferre consuevisti, Plin. Pan. 15, 3 ; so, sub nostro sidere, Juv. 12, 103 : tot inhospita saxa Sideraque emensae, i.e. regions, Verg. A. 5, 628 : grave sidus et imbrem vitare, tempest, storm, Ov. M. 5, 281 : triste Minervae (raised by Minerva), Verg. A. 11, 260 .--Colloquially, with confectus: intellegitur sidus confectum, i.
e. that the weather (occasioned by a constellation) is ended,
Plin. 16, 23, 36, § 87; 18, 25, 57, § 207: fertur in abruptum casu, non sidere, puppis, Claud. in Eutr. 2, 424 .--
E. With allusion to the influence which the ancients
believed the constellations to have upon the health or the destiny of men, star,
destiny, etc.: pestifero sidere icti, Liv. 8, 9, 12 : sidere afflari, to be blasted or palsied by a constellation,
to be planet-struck or sunstruck, astroboleisthai, Plin. 2, 41, 41, § 108; Petr. 2, 7; cf.: sidere percussa lingua, Mart. 11, 85, 1 : subito fias ut sidere mutus, id. 7, 92, 9 ; v. sideror and sideratio: sidera natalicia, Cic. Div. 2, 43, 91 ; cf.: o sidere dextro Edite, Stat. S. 3, 4, 63 : adveniet fausto cum sidere conjux, Cat. 64, 330 : vivere duro sidere, Prop. 1, 6, 36 : grave sidus, Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 45 Jahn: per alias civitates ut sidus salutare susciperetur, as arbiter of their destiny, Amm. 21, 10, 2 . (Entry in Lewis & Short)