caeles

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From caelum (“heaven, sky”) +‎ -es (“-faring”), from eō (“I fare, go”). Compare pedes, eques, āles.

Pronunciation

Noun

caeles m or f (genitive caelitis); third declension

  1. (chiefly in the plural) deity, god, goddess
    Synonym: caelicola

Usage notes

The nominative singular (caeles) is not attested in classical sources.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative caeles caelitēs
genitive caelitis caelitum
dative caelitī caelitibus
accusative caelitem caelitēs
ablative caelite caelitibus
vocative caeles caelitēs
Related terms

Adjective

caeles (genitive caelitis); third-declension one-termination adjective (non-i-stem)

  1. celestial, heavenly
    Synonyms: caelestis, caelestīnus, caelicus, aetherius, supernus

Usage notes

The nominative singular (caeles) and the neuter nominative/accusative plural (caelita) are not attested in classical sources.

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective (non-i-stem).

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative caeles caelitēs caelita
genitive caelitis caelitum
dative caelitī caelitibus
accusative caelitem caeles caelitēs caelita
ablative caelite caelitibus
vocative caeles caelitēs caelita

Synonyms

References

  • “caeles”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “caeles”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • caeles in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “caeles”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Spanish

Verb

caeles

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of caer combined with les
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