stella Latin · revision 4829

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *h₂stḗr}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈsteːl.la]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈstɛl.la]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''stēlla''' ''f'' (genitive stēllae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*stērlā-]], [[inh|ine-pro|*h₂stḗr|t=star]], with a suffix.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) With [[sga|sell|t=iris]] it points to an Italo-Celtic formation [[ine-pro|*stēr-lo/ā-]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[cy|seren|t=star]], [[hit|ḫašter-|t=star]], [[grc|ἀστήρ|tr=astḗr|t=star]], [[sa|तारः|tr=tāraḥ|t=star]] and [[ang|steorra|t=star]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus uses it.^(de Vaan 2008) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was a star, including the planets, the five ''stēllae errantēs'', and a constellation.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) It was a star shape, a starfish, in Pliny, and the bright point of a gem or the pupil of an eye.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Lewis & Short contrast it with [[sīdus]], a group of stars, and [[astrum]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ Medieval writers used it of stars, planets and comets.^(DMLBS) It survives as [[it|stella]], [[pt|estrela]] and [[ro|stea]].^(Wiktionary) English ''stellar'' comes from Late Latin [[stēllāris]], while English ''star'' is a Germanic cognate.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero speaks of stars and constellations.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1650s – English ''stellar'' is recorded, from Late Latin ''stēllāris''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|star]], ''stēllae errantēs'', the [[m|en|planet|alt=planets]].^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

+ # A [[m|en|constellation]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # A star shape.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A [[m|en|starfish]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # A bright point on a gem; the pupil of the eye.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[stēllāris]]

+ * [[stēllātus]]

+ * [[stēllifer]]

+ * [[stēlliger]]

+ * [[stēllimicāns]]

+ * [[stēllō]]

+ * [[stellula]]

+ * [[stēlliō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[stēllāns]]

+ * [[stēllātūra]]

+ * [[sīdus]]

+ * [[astrum]]

+ * [[en|star]]

+ * [[en|stellar]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}