caelifer

Latin

Alternative forms

• coelifer

Etymology

From caelum (“heaven; sky”) +‎ -fer (“-carrying”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkae̯.li.fer/, [ˈkäe̯lʲɪfɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.li.fer/, [ˈt͡ʃɛːlifer]

Adjective

caelifer (feminine caelifera, neuter caeliferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. Supporting the sky or heavens.

Declension

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

Related terms

• caeles
• caelestīnus
• caelestis
• caelicola
• caelicus
• caelifluus
• caeligenus
• caeliger
• caeliloquus
• caelipotēns
• caelitēs
• caelitus
• caelum

References

• “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.