stello
stello, to be set or covered with stars, to glitter
Frieze-Dennison Vergil
stellō, no perf, ātus, 1, n. and a.: to cover over with stars; to stud with stars; p., stellāns, antis, starry, 7.210; p., stellātus, a, um, set with stars; (fig.), glittering, gleaming, 4.261. (stella)
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stellantis present active participle neuter genitive singular, present active participle masculine accusative plural, present active participle feminine accusative plural, present active participle feminine genitive singular, present active participle masculine genitive singular of stello
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, 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.
1. stēllo, āre (stella), mit Sternen besetzen, hyadum numero et dispositione stellantur, v. Edelsteinen, Plin. 37, 100. – bildl., Symm. epist. 3, 11 extr. – ➳ stellans u. stellatus, s. bes.
2. stēllo, s. stēllio ➳ .
See: stellare
1 stēllō, (14) ātum, āre (stella), ¶ 1 tr., semer dʼétoiles : Plin. 37, 100 ; Capel. 2, 118 ¶ 2 intr., v. stellans.
2 stēllō, (14) v. stellio : Caper Orth. 107, 2.