coelus

Latin

Etymology

See caelum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkoe̯.lus/, [ˈkoe̯ɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.lus/, [ˈt͡ʃɛːlus]

Noun

coelus m (genitive coelī); second declension

1. sky, heaven

   Pleni sunt coeli et terra gloria tua: "Heaven and earth are full of your glory." (From the Sanctus)

2. space
3. air, climate, weather

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	coelus	coelī
genitive	coelī	coelōrum
dative	coelō	coelīs
accusative	coelum	coelōs
ablative	coelō	coelīs
vocative	coele	coelī

See also

• caelum
• coelum

References

• “coelus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers