celeber

Latin

Etymology

Perhaps root cognate with clueo, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew-; alternatively (if the rare meaning of "swift, in rapid succession" is to be taken as primary) connected with celer (with Greek κέλλω from a root *kel-). Jackson An Etymological Dictionary of the Latin Language (1828:77).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈke.le.ber/, [ˈkɛ.ɫɛ.bɛr]

Adjective

celeber (feminine celebris, neuter celebre); third declension

containing a multitude, numerous, frequent
crowded, populous
honored by a great assembly, famous, celebrated, renowned

Inflection

Third declension, nominative masculine singular in -er, nominative neuter singular in -e.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
Nominative	celeber	celebris	celebre	celebrēs	celebrēs	celebria
Genitive	celebris	celebris	celebris	celebrium	celebrium	celebrium
Dative	celebrī	celebrī	celebrī	celebribus	celebribus	celebribus
Accusative	celebrem	celebrem	celebre	celebrēs	celebrēs	celebria
Ablative	celebrī	celebrī	celebrī	celebribus	celebribus	celebribus
Vocative	celeber	celebris	celebre	celebrēs	celebrēs	celebria

Derived terms

Descendants

French: célèbre
Italian: celebre
Portuguese: célebre
Romanian: celebru
Spanish: célebre

References

celeber in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
celeber in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
celeber in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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