ceu

See also: céu and CEU

Latin

Etymology

Apocope of ce- +‎ -ve (an earlier form *ceve, as in neu - neve and seu - sive is unattested), ultimately from Proto-Italic *keiwe, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱe- + *-wē.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /keu̯/, [kɛu̯]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /keu̯/, [kɛːu̯]

Adverb

ceu (not comparable)

1. as, like, just as

References

• “ceu”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ceu”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ceu in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Leonese

Etymology

From Latin caelum.

Noun

ceu m

1. sky

References

• Pallabreiru Llïonés