Caelius
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “From caelum?”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) 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
- a Roman nomen, gens or "family name" famously held by:
- Lucius Caelius Antipater, a Roman jurist and historian
- 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
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.