caelicola

Latin

Alternative forms

• coelicola

Etymology

From caelum (“heaven; sky”) +‎ -cola.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kae̯ˈli.ko.la/, [käe̯ˈlʲɪkɔɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃeˈli.ko.la/, [t͡ʃeˈliːkolä]

Noun

caelicola m or f (genitive caelicolae); first declension

1. An inhabitant of heaven; deity, god; goddess.
2. A worshipper of the heavens.

Declension

Note that the genitive plural has the alternative form caelicolūm for caelicolārum. First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	caelicola	caelicolae
Genitive	caelicolae	caelicolārum
Dative	caelicolae	caelicolīs
Accusative	caelicolam	caelicolās
Ablative	caelicolā	caelicolīs
Vocative	caelicola	caelicolae

Related terms

Related terms

• caeles
• caelestīnus
• caelestis
• caelicus
• caelifer

• caelifluus
• caeligenus
• caeliger
• caeliloquus

• caelipotēns
• caelitēs
• caelitus
• caelum

References

• “caelicola”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “caelicola”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• caelicola in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.