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.