caelestia
Latin
[edit]Adjective
[edit]caelestia
Noun
[edit]caelestia n pl (genitive caelestium); third declension
- the heavenly bodies, heavenly objects, divine things
- celestial bodies, celestial things
- c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 6.17:
- De his eandem fere, quam reliquae gentes, habent opinionem: Apollinem morbos depellere, Minervam operum atque artificiorum initia tradere, Iovem imperium caelestium tenere, Martem bella regere.
- respecting these deities they have for the most part the same belief as other nations: that Apollo averts diseases, that Minerva imparts the invention of manufactures, that Jupiter possesses the sovereignty of the heavenly powers; that Mars presides over wars.
- De his eandem fere, quam reliquae gentes, habent opinionem: Apollinem morbos depellere, Minervam operum atque artificiorum initia tradere, Iovem imperium caelestium tenere, Martem bella regere.
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem), plural only.
| plural | |
|---|---|
| nominative | caelestia |
| genitive | caelestium |
| dative | caelestibus |
| accusative | caelestia |
| ablative | caelestibus |
| vocative | caelestia |
Further reading
[edit]- caelestia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- CAELESTIA - Latein-Deutsch Übersetzung (PONS)] (in German)