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caelestis
caelestis
Latin
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Adjective
caelestis m, f (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 | caelestium | |||
| dative | caelestī | caelestibus | |||
| accusative | caelestem | caeleste | caelestēs | caelestia | |
| ablative | caelestī | caelestibus | |||
| vocative | caelestis | caeleste | caelestēs | caelestia | |
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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
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “caelestis”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (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