a description of the spots on the disc of the sun, or of planets.

CELLI (cella, from celare to conceal), in ancient writers, a place or apartment, usually under ground, and vaulted, in which were stored up wine, honey, oil, and provisions generally; and according to which it was called cella vinaria, mellaria, olearia, &c. Cella also denoted a room in a brothel, as being anciently in underground vaults, and hence also denominated fornix. It was also applied to the dormitories of slaves and menials. Cicero, inveighing against the luxury of Antony, says, the beds in the very cella of his servants were spread with pompous purple coverlets. The word was further applied to the apartments of baths. Of these there were three principal ones, frigidaria, tepidaria, and caldaria. See BATHS. It likewise signified the adytum, or part of a temple in which the image of the god stood.