stellans
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsteːl.lans/, [ˈs̠t̪eːlːʲä̃ːs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈstel.lans/, [ˈst̪ɛlːäns]
Participle
stēllāns (genitive stēllantis); third-declension one-termination participle
- (poetic) bestarred, starry
- c. 99 BCE – 55 BCE, Lucretius, De Rerum Natura Book 4.212–213:
- extemplo caelo stellante serena ¶ sidera respondent in aqua radiantia mundi
- 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid Book 7.209–211:
- hinc illum Corythi Tyrrhena ab sede profectum ¶ aurea nunc solio stellantis regia caeli ¶ accipit et numerum diuorum altaribus auget.
- 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 5.603-604:
- Īdibus ōra prior stēllantia tollere Taurum
indicat, huic signō fābula nōta subest.- The day before the Ides shows Taurus to lift his starry face; a well-known story is behind this constellation.
(See: Taurus (constellation).)
- The day before the Ides shows Taurus to lift his starry face; a well-known story is behind this constellation.
- Īdibus ōra prior stēllantia tollere Taurum
- Gaius Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica Book 5.622–623:
- citus ad summi stellantia patris ¶ tecta ruit questuque Iovem testatur acerbo
Declension
Third-declension participle.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | stēllāns | stēllantēs | stēllantia | ||
| Genitive | stēllantis | stēllantium | |||
| Dative | stēllantī | stēllantibus | |||
| Accusative | stēllantem | stēllāns | stēllantēs stēllantīs | stēllantia | |
| Ablative | stēllante stēllantī1 | stēllantibus | |||
| Vocative | stēllāns | stēllantēs | stēllantia | ||
1When used purely as an adjective.