Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From caelum (heaven, sky) +‎ -estris, possibly influenced by the dissimilated agrestis in a coordinated phrase like " agrestēs caelestēs-que".

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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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

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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

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Descendants

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

Borrowings:

Noun

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caelestis m or f (genitive caelestis); third declension

  1. (usually in the plural) a deity

Declension

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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

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  • 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[1], 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