Charlton T. Lewis, An Elementary Latin Dictionary (aka.
Elem. Lewis,) and
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin
Dictionary (aka. Lewis
& Short)
stella ae, f [for * sterula; STER-] , a star:
ignes, quae sidera et stellas vocatis: (stellae) errantes . . . inerrantes, i. e. planets
. . . fixed stars: comans, i.
e. a comet, O.:
Saepe stellas videbis Praecipites caelo labi, i. e. meteors,
V.--Prov.: Terra feret stellas, O.--Poet.: Coronae, constellation, V.:
vesani Leonis, H.: serena, the sun, O. (From Elem. Lewis)
stella , ae, f. [for sterula;
cf. Sanscr. staras; cf. Gr. astêr; Germ. Stern; Engl. star; perh. root ster- of
sterno; Gr. storennumi] .
I. Lit., a star (whereas
sidus denotes a group of stars, a constellation; v. sidus; cf. also astrum): ignes, quae sidera et stellas vocatis, Cic. Rep. 6, 15, 15 : sunt stellae naturā flammeae, id. N. D. 2, 46, 118 : o magna
templa caelitum commixta stellis splendidis Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 6 Müll.
(Trag. v. 227 Vahl.); cf.: caelum stellis fulgentibus aptum, id. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 30 Vahl.); Lucr. 6, 357: stellae in radiis solis (non cernuntur), Cic. Fin. 5, 24, 71 : maxime sunt admirabiles motus earum quinque stellarum, quae falso vocantur errantes, i. e. planets, id. N.
D. 2, 20, 51 ; so, errantes, id. Rep. 1, 14, 22 ; id. Tusc. 1, 25, 62; id. N. D. 1, 13, 34 (but
cf. inerrantes, fixed stars, id. ib. 3, 20, 51): stella comans, i. e. a comet, Ov. M. 15, 749 ; cf. id. ib. 15, 850: dum caelum stellas vehat, Tib. 1, 4, 66 : simul alba nautis Stella refulsit, Hor. C. 1, 12, 28 : jam stellarum sublime coëgerat agmen Lucifer, Ov. M. 11, 97 : usque ad diurnam stellam, Lucifer, i. e. till daybreak, Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 64.--Prov
., of an impossibility: Terra feret stellas, Ov. Tr. 1, 8, 3 .--Poet.,
sometimes for sidus, a constellation: Saturni, Verg. G. 1, 336 : Coronae, id. ib. 1, 222 : vesani Leonis, Hor. C. 3, 29, 19 : Icarii stella proterva canis, Ov. Am. 2, 16, 4 : stella miluus, id. F. 3, 793 ; 5, 112.--Of the sun:
stella serena, Ov. F. 6, 718 .--
B. Esp., a meteor, shooting-star:
saepe stellas videbis Praecipites caelo labi, Verg. G. 1, 365 : de caelo lapsa per umbras Stella, id. A. 2, 694 ; Lucr. 2, 208: discursus stellarum, Plin. 2, 36, 36, § 100 ; cf.: discurrere eae (stellae) videntur, id. 18, 35, 80, § 351 : videmus ergo stellarum longos a tergo albescere tractus. Hae velut stellae exsiliunt, etc., Sen. Q. N. 1, 14, 2 sq.
--
II. Transf., of things resembling
a star.
A. A figure of a star: vitis in stellam dividatur ... refert jugum in stellam decussari, etc., Col. 4, 17, 4 sq. ; 4,
26, 3; cf. id. 3, 13, 13: Plin. 18, 10, 23, § 97: chlamys distincta aureis stellis, Suet. Ner. 25 .--
B. A bright point on a precious
stone, Plin. 37, 7, 25, § 96; 37, 9, 51, § 134; 37, 10, 67, § 182.--
C.
A starfish, Plin. 9, 60, 86, § 183; 32,
11, 53, § 151: marina, Veg. Vet. 4 (6), 12, 3.--
D. A glowworm, Plin. 18, 27, 67, § 251.--*
E. The pupil of the eye, Claud. Idyll. 1, 36. (From Lewis
& Short)
stello , no
I. perf., ātum, 1, v. n. and a.
[stella].
I. Neutr.,
to be set or covered with stars. So only in the
part. pres. stellans, antis, bestarred, starry (poet.): caelo stellante, Lucr. 4, 212 ; so, caelum, Verg. A. 7, 210
: tecta summi patris, Val. Fl. 5, 623 : Olympus, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 12, 19: nox, id. ib.
1, 11, 18 : ora Tauri, Ov. F. 5, 603 .--
B. Transf.:
gemmis
caudam (pavonis) stellantibus implet, glittering, shining,
Ov. M. 1, 723 : tegmina (i. e. vestes), gleaming, Val. Fl. 3, 98 : lumina (i. e. oculi), id. ib. 2, 499
: volatus (cicindelarum), Plin. 18, 26, 66, § 250 : frons, covered as it were with stars,
Mart. 2, 29, 9 : universa armis stellantibus coruscabant, Amm. 19, 1, 2 .--
II. Act., to set or cover
with stars; in the verb. finit. only post-Aug. and very rare (cf. part. infra):
quis caelum stellet fomes, Mart. Cap. poët. 2, § 118 (al. qui caelum stellet formis, Gron. p. 29): (gemmae) stellarum Hyadum et numero et dispositione stellantur, are set with stars, Plin. 37, 7, 28, § 100 .--Trop.: ipsa vero pars materiae digna laudari quanto verborum stellatur auro, Symm.
Ep. 3, 11 .--Part. and P.
a.: stellātus , a, um, set with stars,
starry, stellate, starred
(class.): stellatus Cepheus, i. e. placed
in the heavens as a constellation, * Cic. Tusc. 5, 3, 8: aether, Val. Fl. 2, 42 : domus (deorum), Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 8 ; cf. id. Cons. Hon. 4, 209.--
B. Transf.:
stellatus Argus, i.
e. many-eyed, Ov. M. 1, 664 ; Stat. Th. 6, 277: jaspide fulvā Ensis, sparkling, glittering, Verg. A. 4, 261 : variis stellatus corpora guttis, thickly set, Ov. M. 5, 461 : gemma auratis guttis, Plin. 37, 10, 66, § 179 : animal stellatum, id.
10, 67, 86, § 188 : vela, id.
19, 1, 6, § 24 : stellatis axibus agger, star-shaped, Sil. 13, 109 ;
Luc.
3, 455. (From Lewis
& Short)