sīdĕrĕus — Lewis & Short
sīdĕrĕus, a, um, adj.sidus.
I Of or belonging to the constellations or to the stars, starry (poet.;
esp. freq. in Ov.): caelum,Ov. M. 10, 140;
for which: arx mundi,id. Am. 3, 10, 21:
sedes,id. A. A. 2, 39; Verg. A. 10, 3:
caput (Noctis),Ov. M. 15, 31:
dea,i. e. the moon, Prop. 3 (4), 20, 18.
aethra,Verg. A. 3, 586:
ignes,i. e. the stars, Ov. M. 15, 665; cf.
Canis,id. F. 4, 941: conjux, i. e. Ceyx (as the son of Lucifer), id. M. 11, 445:
Pedo,who discoursed of the stars, id. P. 4, 16, 6:
artes,Stat. S. 2, 2, 112:
sidereā qui temperat omnia luce (sol),id. ib. 4, 169; so, kat' e)coxh/n, of the sun:
ignes,id. ib. 1, 779:
aestus,id. ib. 6, 341:
deus,i. e. the sun, Mart. 12, 60, 2:
colossus,dedicated to the sun, id. Spect. 2, 1:
polus,Val. Fl. 4, 643.—
II Transf.
A Heavenly, divine:
arcus,Col. 10, 292:
sanguis,of gods, Val. Fl. 7, 166.—
B In gen., bright, glittering, shining, excellent, etc. (freq.):
Venus sidereos diffusa sinus,Val. Fl. 2, 104:
artus (Veneris),Stat. S. 1, 2, 141:
ore (Pollux),Val. Fl. 4, 490:
vultus (Bacchi),Sen. Oedip. 409 et saep.: (Aeneas) Sidereo dagrans clipeo et caelestibus armis, Verg. A. 12, 167:
jubae (cassidis),Claud. in Eutrop. 1, 351:
ministri,Mart. 10, 66, 7; cf.
mares,id. 9, 37, 10:
vates Maro,brilliant, divine, Col. 10, 434.