astrum

astrum ī, n

, ἄστρον, a heavenly body, star, constellation: astri reditus: Caesaris, the comet of B.C. 43, V.: natale, H.—Plur, the stars, sky, heaven: oculos sub astra tenebat, fixed on the sky, V.: nox caelum sparserat astris, O.—Poet.: sic itur ad astra, i. e. to immortality, V.: animum educit in astra, H.: Quem pater intulit astris, O.