Stello, stellas, stellâre. Plin. To shine or glister like stars. To be made like stars. To enuie.Stellari. Plin.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
stella, ae, f. [for sterula; cf. Sanscr. staras; cf. Gr. a)sth/r; Germ. Stern; Engl. star; perh. root ster- of sterno; Gr. store/nnumi]. 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.
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.