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Latin
Etymology
sīdus (“a star”, “a constellation”, stem: sīder-) + -eus (suffix forming adjectives from nouns)
Pronunciation
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)