caelo
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *keh₂id-, *kh₂eyd- (“to cut, hew”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
caelō (present infinitive caelāre, perfect active caelāvī, supine caelātum); first conjugation
Inflection[edit]
Noun[edit]
caelō
References[edit]
- caelo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- caelo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- caelo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to run its course in the sky: cursum conficere in caelo
- (ambiguous) to be struck by lightning: de caelo tangi, percuti
- (ambiguous) when it is growing dusk; towards evening: die, caelo vesperascente
- (ambiguous) to observe the sky (i.e. the flight of birds, lightning, thunder, etc.: de caelo servare (Att. 4. 3. 3)
- (ambiguous) to run its course in the sky: cursum conficere in caelo