caelites

Latin

Etymology

Substantive of caeles (“heavenly, celestial”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkae̯.li.teːs/, [ˈkäe̯lʲɪt̪eːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.li.tes/, [ˈt͡ʃɛːlit̪es]

Noun

caelitēs m pl or f pl (genitive caelitum); third declension

1. The inhabitants of heaven; the gods.

Declension

Only found in the plural.

Third-declension noun, plural only.

	plural
nominative	caelitēs
genitive	caelitum
dative	caelitibus
accusative	caelitēs
ablative	caelitibus
vocative	caelitēs

Related terms

• caeles
• caelestīnus
• caelestis
• caelicola
• caelicus
• caelifer
• caelifluus
• caeligenus
• caeliger
• caeliloquus
• caelipotēns
• caelitus
• caelum

References

• “caelites”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press