stellare

1 stellare [CL] 1 to fill, cover, or set with stars, (in quot. pass., in fig. context) to be full of or bedecked with stars. b (p. ppl. as adj.) illuminated by or full of stars, starry; c (caelum ~atum or sim., w. ref. to one of heavenly spheres); d (of thing assoc. w. (the) heaven(s)). celum carnis stellatur sanguine, / stille micant stellarum ordine J. Howd. Ph. 99; scribe carnem stellatam stillulis / instar celi stellati stellulis Ib. 525.  b sub ~ate noctis claritate Sacrob. Sph. 85; cum esset ‥ in media nocte ‥ firmamentum ~atum spectabiliter M. Par. Maj. V 422; aliquid est dissimile in toto et in partibus dupliciter; uno ‥ modo ratione virtutis et situs ut celum, quia in parte celi stelata via est minus ~ata Bacon VII 39; sic iterum celum ‥ plus influit hiis inferioribus ab una parte, scilicet a stelata, quam ad non ~atam Ib. VII 48; si in nocte clara ~ata quis per foramina ‥ astrolabii ‥ perspexerit stellam nauticam Id. Maj. I 225; in arena ‥ dormivi ‥ tantum ~ato coopertorio coopertus S. Sim. Itin. 85.  c firmamento illo ~ato ‥ non possunt esse aque superiores, sed solum aere ubi volant aves sunt aque vaporaliter suspense superiores ‥. quod autem aque non possint esse supra celum ~atum, nituntur probare ‥ Gros. Hexaem. III 2; iste zodiacus, qui est circulus in celo octavo, dicitur zodiacus mobilis, quia celum ~atum in quo ymaginamur hunc circulum movere Bacon V 15; dicitur ergo zodiacus circulus quidam in celo ~ato, eo quod stelle habent in eo figuras hominis et animalium vivencium Bacon V 14.  d 1002 (12c) largitore bonitatis ‥ in suae majestatis ~ato super cherubim residente solio CD 1295; diem quo ‥ rex, peremptus a perfidis, ~atum ‥ tribunal conscenderit W. Malm. GR II 208; quos [sc. peccatores] ‥ / ‥ transfers ad celorum / stellata palacia Walt. Wimb. Virgo 36. 2 to mark or adorn with star-like decoration. b (p. ppl. as adj.) that has a star-like marking, spotted, speckled. c (in gl.) adorned with gems or precious stones. d (in gl.) to fill (with ornamentation) , or f. l. 1237 faciat ‥ lambruschuram camere ‥ colorari viridi colore et ~ari auro Liberate 12 m. 14.  b nunc fera sum maculis furvi stellata coloris Hwætberht Aen. 43 (Tigris) 2; vir qualis describi posset Pan ‥ barba ‥ pectus contingente, nebride preclarum ~ata Map NC I 11 f. 10; aliud quoddam [sc. Pan] pedibus caprinis, ventre hispido, nebridem habens pectore stellis ~atam Ib. II 15 f. 28; 1288 pro ij equis ‥ unde unus niger bay et alter morell' ~atus (AcWardr) TR Bk 201 p. 30.  c ~atus, astaenid GlC S 570.  d to fille, implere ‥ farcire, inebriare ‥ satiare ‥ ~are CathA. 3 (bot., carduus ~atus) star-thistle (Centaurea calcitrapa). 1578 carduus ~atus ‥ in English starre thistel or caltrop (Lyte Dodoens) OED s. v. star-thistle; 1597 the star thistle, called carduus ~atus (Gerard Herball) Ib.. 4 (pr. ppl. as adj.) shining with stars, starry. b (transf.) sparkling, glimmering. jamque prophetalis stellanti e culmine virtus / candida praerutilo irradiat praecordia flatu Bede CuthbV 250.  b propter incorrupta et jugiter ~antia [gl.: i. candentia, fulgentia] inmarcescibilis pudicitiae serta Aldh. VirgP 30 p. 269; c717 sive in specimine auri et argenti, sive in ~antium varietate gemmarum Bonif. Ep. 9 p. 5; ~antes, splendentes GlC S 489; in ipsum ~antes oculorum radios dirigebat R. Cold. Godr. 148. 5 (camera ~ata) Star Chamber. 1376 pro camera ~ata infra receptam scaccarii (IssueR) EHR XXI 16; 1504 in camera ~ata apud Westmonasterium SelPlStarCh 217; camera ~ata, sive ‥ curia consilii regii Camd. Br. 141; fora temporalia sunt duplicia, juris scilicet, aut aequi. juris sunt Bancus Regius ‥ Curia Camerae ~atae ‥ Ib..

2 stellare [στέλλειν], (in gl.) to send. to sende ‥ ~are CathA.