sidereus

== Latin == === Etymology === From 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): [siˈdɛː.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 (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. ==== 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)