caelus

See also: Caelus

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkae̯.lus/, [ˈkäe̯ɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.lus/, [ˈt͡ʃɛːlus]

Noun

caelus m (genitive caelī); second declension

1. alternative form of caelum (pre-Classical or non-standard)
   • c. 27 CE – 66 CE, Petronius, Satyricon 45.3:

     Nōn dēbēmus dēlicātī esse, ubīque medius caelus est.

     We shouldn't be too fussy when we all live under the same sky [=the sun shines for everyone].

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	caelus	caelī
Genitive	caelī	caelōrum
Dative	caelō	caelīs
Accusative	caelum	caelōs
Ablative	caelō	caelīs
Vocative	caele	caelī

References

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