caelestis

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From caelum (“heaven, sky”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

caelestis (neuter caeleste, comparative caelestior, superlative caelestissimus); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. celestial, of or in the heavens, heavenly
  2. (figuratively) divine, of the gods
  3. (figuratively) magnificent, preeminent, god-like
    Synonyms: caeles, caelestīnus

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative caelestis caeleste caelestēs caelestia
Genitive caelestis
caelestae		 caelestium
caelestūm
Dative caelestī caelestibus
Accusative caelestem caeleste caelestēs
caelestīs		 caelestia
Ablative caelestī
caeleste		 caelestibus
Vocative caelestis caeleste caelestēs caelestia

Derived terms
Derived terms

Descendants
  • > Corsican: celestu, celeste, cilestu (inherited)
  • >? Galician: xistra
  • > Istriot: cialieste (inherited)
  • > Catalan: celístia (inherited)

Borrowings:

  • → Catalan: celeste (learned)
  • → Galician: celeste (learned)
  • → Gallurese: cilesti (learned)
  • → Italian: celeste (learned)
  • → Ligurian: celeste (learned)
  • → Old French: celeste (learned)
  • → Old Galician-Portuguese: celeste (learned)
  • Sardinian:
    • → Logudorese: tzeleste, cheleste (learned)
    • → Nuorese: tzeleste (learned)
    • → Campidanese: celesti (learned)
  • → Spanish: celeste (learned)
  • → Swedish: celest (learned)
  • → Venetian: celeste, zheleste

Noun

caelestis m or f (genitive caelestis); third declension

  1. (usually in the plural) a deity

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative caelestis caelestēs
Genitive caelestis caelestium
Dative caelestī caelestibus
Accusative caelestem caelestēs
caelestīs
Ablative caeleste caelestibus
Vocative caelestis caelestēs

Further reading
  • “caelestis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “caelestis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • caelestis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 238/3.
  • caelestis in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, columns 900–901
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (1) the heavenly bodies, (2) celestial phenomena: caelestia
    • astronomy: astrologia (pure Latin sidera, caelestia)
    • an astronomer: spectator siderum, rerum caelestium or astrologus
    • heavenly things; earthly things: supera et caelestia; humana et citerioria
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