stellans

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsteːl.lans/, [ˈs̠t̪eːlːʲä̃ːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈstel.lans/, [ˈst̪ɛlːäns]

Participle

stēllāns (genitive stēllantis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. (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).)

   • 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.