caelestis

Latin

Alternative forms

• coelestis

Etymology

From caelum (“heaven, sky”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kae̯ˈles.tis/, [käe̯ˈɫ̪ɛs̠t̪ɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃeˈles.tis/, [t͡ʃeˈlɛst̪is]

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Adjective

caelestis (neuter caeleste); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. celestial, of or in the heavens, heavenly
2. (figuratively) divine, of the gods
3. (figuratively) magnificent, preeminent, god-like

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

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 caelestīs	caelestia
Ablative	caelestī			caelestibus
Vocative	caelestis	caeleste		caelestēs	caelestia

Derived terms

Derived terms

• caelestia
• caelestiālis
• intercaelestis

• succaelestis
• supercaelestis

Related terms

• caeles
• caelestīnus
• caelicola
• caelicus
• caelifer

• caelifluus
• caeligenus
• caeliger
• caeliloquus

• caelipotēns
• caelitēs
• caelitus
• caelum

Descendants

• English: celeste, celestial
• French: céleste
• Galician: celeste
• Istriot: cialieste
• Italian: celeste

• Old Galician-Portuguese: celeste
• Portuguese: celeste
• Romanian: celest
• Spanish: celeste, celestial
• Venetian: celeste, zheleste

Noun

caelestis m or f (genitive caelestis); third declension

1. (usually in the plural) a deity

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	caelestis	caelestēs
Genitive	caelestis	caelestium
Dative	caelestī	caelestibus
Accusative	caelestem	caelestēs caelestīs
Ablative	caeleste	caelestibus
Vocative	caelestis	caelestēs

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^[1], 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