caelestis
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From caelum (“heaven, sky”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kae̯ˈles.tis/, [kae̯ˈɫɛs.tɪs]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃɛˈles.tis/
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Adjective
caelestis (neuter caeleste); third declension
- celestial, of or in the heavens
- (figuratively) divine, of the gods
- (figuratively) magnificent, preeminent, god-like
- (substantive) a deity
Inflection
Third declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | caelestis | caeleste | caelestēs | caelestia | |
| Genitive | caelestis | caelestis | caelestium | caelestium | |
| Dative | caelestī | caelestī | caelestibus | caelestibus | |
| Accusative | caelestem | caeleste | caelestēs, caelestīs | caelestia | |
| Ablative | caelestī | caelestī | caelestibus | caelestibus | |
| Vocative | caelestis | caeleste | caelestēs | caelestia | |
Derived terms
Derived terms
- caelestia
- caelestiālis
- intercaelestis
- succaelestis
- supercaelestis
Related terms
Descendants
References
- caelestis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- caelestis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- caelestis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (1) the heavenly bodies, (2) celestial phenomena: caelestia
- astronomy: astrologia (pure Latin sidera, caelestia)
- an astronomer: spectator siderum, rerum caelestium or astrologus
- heavenly things; earthly things: supera et caelestia; humana et citerioria
- (1) the heavenly bodies, (2) celestial phenomena: caelestia
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