caelus

See also: Caelus

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkae̯.lus/, [ˈkäe̯ɫ̪ʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.lus/, [ˈt͡ʃɛːlus]

Noun

caelus m (genitive caelī); second declension

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.

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