caelum
See also: Caelum
Contents
LatinEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkae̯.lum/, [ˈkae̯.ɫũ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛ.lum/, [ˈt͡ʃɛː.lum]
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Etymology 1Edit
From Proto-Italic *kailom (cognate of Oscan 𐌊𐌀𐌝𐌋𐌀 (kaíla, “kind of building”)), from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂i-lom (“whole”), from *keh₂i-.[1]
Alternative formsEdit
NounEdit
caelum n (genitive caelī); second declension
InflectionEdit
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | caelum | caelī |
| genitive | caelī | caelōrum |
| dative | caelō | caelīs |
| accusative | caelum | caelōs |
| ablative | caelō | caelīs |
| vocative | caelum | caelī |
The plural is masculine.
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
Descendants
Etymology 2Edit
From Proto-Italic *kaid(s)lom, from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd- (“cut, hew”) (whence also caedō (“I cut”)).[2]
Alternative formsEdit
NounEdit
caelum n (genitive caelī); second declension
InflectionEdit
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | caelum | caela |
| genitive | caelī | caelōrum |
| dative | caelō | caelīs |
| accusative | caelum | caela |
| ablative | caelō | caelīs |
| vocative | caelum | caela |
Related termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- English: Caelum
ReferencesEdit
- 1caelum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- 2caelum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- caelum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- 1 caelum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- 2 caelum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to raise the eyes to heaven; to look up to the sky: suspicere (in) caelum
- to raise the eyes to heaven; to look up to the sky: oculos tollere, attollere ad caelum
- climate: caelum or natura caeli
- healthy climate: caelum salūbre, salubritas caeli (opp. grave, gravitas)
- temperate climate: caeli temperatio
- rough climate: caeli asperitas
- variable climate: caeli varietas
- the star-lit sky; the firmament: caelum astris distinctum et ornatum
- the pole: vertex caeli, axis caeli, cardo caeli
- a storm accompanied by heavy claps of thunder: tempestas cum magno fragore (caeli) tonitribusque (Liv. 1. 16)
- the heavens are shaken by the thunder: caelum tonitru contremit
- to extol, laud to the skies: laudibus aliquem (aliquid) in caelum ferre, efferre, tollere
- to raise the hands to heaven (attitude of prayer): (supinas) manus ad caelum tendere
- (ambiguous) to run its course in the sky: cursum conficere in caelo
- (ambiguous) to be struck by lightning: de caelo tangi, percuti
- (ambiguous) when it is growing dusk; towards evening: die, caelo vesperascente
- (ambiguous) to observe the sky (i.e. the flight of birds, lightning, thunder, etc.: de caelo servare (Att. 4. 3. 3)
- to raise the eyes to heaven; to look up to the sky: suspicere (in) caelum
- caelum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- caelum in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “caelum”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 80-81
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “caedō, -ere”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 79-80