caelifluus

Latin

Alternative forms

• coelifluus

Etymology

From caelum (“heaven; sky”) + fluō (“flow, pour”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kae̯ˈli.flu.us/, [käe̯ˈlʲɪfɫ̪uʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃeˈli.flu.us/, [t͡ʃeˈliːfluːs]

Adjective

caelifluus (feminine caeliflua, neuter caelifluum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Flowing from heaven.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	caelifluus	caeliflua	caelifluum		caelifluī	caelifluae	caeliflua
Genitive	caelifluī	caelifluae	caelifluī		caelifluōrum	caelifluārum	caelifluōrum
Dative	caelifluō		caelifluō		caelifluīs
Accusative	caelifluum	caelifluam	caelifluum		caelifluōs	caelifluās	caeliflua
Ablative	caelifluō	caelifluā	caelifluō		caelifluīs
Vocative	caeliflue	caeliflua	caelifluum		caelifluī	caelifluae	caeliflua

Related terms

Related terms

• caeles
• caelestīnus
• caelestis
• caelicola
• caelicus

• caelifer
• caeligenus
• caeliger
• caeliloquus

• caelipotēns
• caelitēs
• caelitus
• caelum

References

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