caelus

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Latin

Pronunciation

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 .

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.
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