sidus

sidus

1. conditional of sidi

sidus

1. Romanization of 𐍃𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍃

sidus

1. conditional of sidar

Compare Ancient Greek σίδηρος (sídēros). Some derive this from Proto-Indo-European *sweyd-, whence Latin sūdor, Greek ἱδρώς (hidrṓs), English sweat.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsiː.dus/, [ˈsiː.dʊs]

sīdus n (genitive sīderis); third declension

1. constellation, asterism
2. a star

   Synonyms: astēr, astrum, stēlla

3. (poetic) the night sky
4. (figuratively) a season (of the year)

Third declension neuter.

• cōnsīderō
• dēsīderō
• sīderālis
• sīdereus
• sīderor

• stella
• astrum

• sidus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sidus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sidus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • a star-light night: nox sideribus illustris
    
  • the fixed stars: sidera certis locis infixa
    
  • astronomy: astrologia (pure Latin sidera, caelestia)
    
  • an astronomer: spectator siderum, rerum caelestium or astrologus
    
• sidus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sidus in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly