Caelius

Latin

Alternative forms

• Coelius

Etymology

Probably a diminutive of caelum (“heaven”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkae̯.li.us/, [ˈkäe̯lʲiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.li.us/, [ˈt͡ʃɛːlius]

Proper noun

Caelius m sg (genitive Caeliī or Caelī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Lucius Coelius Antipater, a Roman jurist and historian
   2. Marcus Caelius Rufus, a Roman politician and orator

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Caelius
Genitive	Caeliī Caelī1
Dative	Caeliō
Accusative	Caelium
Ablative	Caeliō
Vocative	Caelī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms

• Caelia

References

• “Caelius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Caelius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Hanks, Patrick: A Dictionary of First Names