caeligenus

Latin

Alternative forms

• coeligenus

Etymology

From caelum (“heaven”) + -genus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kae̯ˈli.ɡe.nus/, [käe̯ˈlʲɪɡɛnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃeˈli.d͡ʒe.nus/, [t͡ʃeˈliːd͡ʒenus]

Adjective

caeligenus (feminine caeligena, neuter caeligenum); first/second-declension adjective

1. heaven-born

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	caeligenus	caeligena	caeligenum		caeligenī	caeligenae	caeligena
Genitive	caeligenī	caeligenae	caeligenī		caeligenōrum	caeligenārum	caeligenōrum
Dative	caeligenō		caeligenō		caeligenīs
Accusative	caeligenum	caeligenam	caeligenum		caeligenōs	caeligenās	caeligena
Ablative	caeligenō	caeligenā	caeligenō		caeligenīs
Vocative	caeligene	caeligena	caeligenum		caeligenī	caeligenae	caeligena

Related terms

• caeles
• caelestia
• caelestīnus
• caelestis

• caelicola
• caelicus
• caelifluus
• caeliger

• caeliloquus
• caelitus
• caelum

References

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