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“star” in Latin
stēllaa star; (poetic) a constellation; a star shape, a figure of a star; a bright point on a precious stoneastrumstar, constellationsīdusgroup of stars, constellation, asterism; a star; the night skystēllōTo be set or covered with stars; To set or cover with starsnātusson; children
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
star
stella (any single star): astrum (any of the larger heavenly bodies, as the sun, moon, planets, or large fixed star): sidus (a constellation, frequently, also, astrum; ☞ astrum belongs rather to the style of poetry and science, sidus to common and historic prose). Translated to the stars, stellatus (Cic., Tusc., 5, 3, 8): born under a lucky star, dextro sidere editus or natus; unlucky, malo astro natus: shooting star, trajectio stellae (Cic., De Div., 2, 6, 16); stella transvolans (Sen., N.Q., 2, 14); plur., stellarum discursus (Plin., 2, 36, 36). There is a shooting or falling star, scintilla e stella cadit; stella cadit or praeceps caelo labitur; stella volat or transvolat: a fixed star, stella inerrans; sidus certa sede infixum; plur., sidera quae certis locis infixa sunt: the course of the stars, stellarum, siderum cursus (Cic.): brighter than the stars, clarior stellis (e.g., oculus): a map of the stars, *tabula coelestis; *tabula complexum caeli exhibens: like a star, in stellae figuram redactus (Col., 12, 15, extr.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for star?
- The usual Latin words for “star” are stēlla, astrum, sīdus; also stēllō, nātus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.