STELLAE, stellae
Sounds Like: STEL-lai
Translations: stars, a star, of a star, of the star
From the root: STELLA
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to celestial bodies that appear as points of light in the night sky. It is the plural form of 'stella', meaning 'star', and can be used to refer to multiple stars (nominative or vocative plural) or to indicate possession or relationship concerning a single star (genitive singular). For example, one might speak of 'the light of a star' (lux stellae) or 'many stars' (multae stellae).
Inflection: Nominative Plural, Vocative Plural, Genitive Singular, Feminine
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, STELLA.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- STELLA — star, a star, planet, a planet
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