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stella , ae, f. for sterula; cf. Sanscr. staras; cf. Gr. ἀστήρ; Germ. Stern; Engl. star; perh. root ster- of sterno; Gr. στορέννυμι.
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.—
II. Transf., of things resembling a star.
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.
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