caelo
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *keh₂id-, *kh₂eyd- (“to cut, hew”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈkae̯.loː/, [ˈkäe̯ɫ̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.lo/, [ˈt͡ʃɛːlo]
Verb
caelō (present infinitive caelāre, perfect active caelāvī, supine caelātum); first conjugation
Conjugation
Derived terms
Noun
(deprecated template usage) caelō
References
- “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