sidereus
Latin
Etymology
sīdus (“a star”, “a constellation”, stem: sīder-) + -eus (suffix forming adjectives from nouns)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [siːˈdɛ.re.ʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [siˈd̪ɛː.re.us]
Adjective
sīdereus (feminine sīderea, neuter sīdereum); first/second-declension adjective
- of, pertaining to, or consisting of a stellar object or objects
- of or belonging to the stars
- full of stars, starry
- of or belonging to the stellar constellations
- of or belonging to the Sun
- of or belonging to the stars
- (transferred senses):
- like a star or the stars in terms of beauty, brightness, brilliance, magnitude, majesty, etc.
- (in general) bright, glittering, shining, excellent, shiny, sparkling
- (poetic, especially of heroes or the gods) heavenly, divine, brilliant
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | sīdereus | sīderea | sīdereum | sīdereī | sīdereae | sīderea | |
| genitive | sīdereī | sīdereae | sīdereī | sīdereōrum | sīdereārum | sīdereōrum | |
| dative | sīdereō | sīdereae | sīdereō | sīdereīs | |||
| accusative | sīdereum | sīdeream | sīdereum | sīdereōs | sīdereās | sīderea | |
| ablative | sīdereō | sīdereā | sīdereō | sīdereīs | |||
| vocative | sīderee | sīderea | sīdereum | sīdereī | sīdereae | sīderea | |
Descendants
References
- “sīdĕrĕus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “sidereus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- sīdĕrĕus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,438.
- “sīdereus” on page 1,756/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)