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

(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.

Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
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.

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