Stello, stellas, stellâre. Plin. To shine or glister like stars. To be made like stars. To enuie.Stellari. Plin.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
stello, no 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,
, 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.