caelus

See also: Caelus

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkae̯.lus/, [ˈkäe̯ɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate 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.

	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.