caelifer
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From caelum (“heaven; sky”) + -fer (“-carrying”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkae̯.li.fer/, [ˈkäe̯lʲɪfɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.li.fer/, [ˈt͡ʃɛːlifer]
Adjective edit
caelifer (feminine caelifera, neuter caeliferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)
- Supporting the sky or heavens.
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | caelifer | caelifera | caeliferum | caeliferī | caeliferae | caelifera | |
| Genitive | caeliferī | caeliferae | caeliferī | caeliferōrum | caeliferārum | caeliferōrum | |
| Dative | caeliferō | caeliferō | caeliferīs | ||||
| Accusative | caeliferum | caeliferam | caeliferum | caeliferōs | caeliferās | caelifera | |
| Ablative | caeliferō | caeliferā | caeliferō | caeliferīs | |||
| Vocative | caelifer | caelifera | caeliferum | caeliferī | caeliferae | caelifera | |
Related terms edit
Related terms
References edit
- “caelifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “caelifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- caelifer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.