Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 251.caelestis on page 251
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caelestis heavenly
caelestis is a Latin Adjective that primarily means heavenly.
Definitions for caelestis
Wheelock's Latin
Adjective
- 1
heavenly, celestial
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
A divinity, god or goddess. (b) a godlike person.
Adjective
- 1
That is in, or comes from, the sky; aqua ~is (or sim.), rain-water, rain; ~is arcus, a rainbow. (b) (of phenomena, etc., regarded as supernatural) sent from heaven, divine.
- 2
(of the gods) Dwelling in heaven, celestial, heavenly. (b) (of heaven). (c) of or belonging to the gods, divine.
- 3
(of human beings, earthly things) Godlike, heavenly, divine. (b) (spec., w. reference to the emperors) deified, divine.
- 4
(neut. pl. as sb.) Supernatural or heavenly matters. (b) the heavenly bodies. (c) facts about the heavenly bodies, astronomy.
Sentences with caelestis
Latin to English
Caelesti sumus omnes semine oriundi.Compare We are all sprung from a heavenly seed.
Infelix putat illuvie caelestia pasci seque premit laesis saevior ipse deis.Compare The wretched fellow believes that filth nurtures heavenly thoughts, and more cruel than the gods when they are offended, punishes himself.
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 472.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 251.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
Bibliography
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Crystal, David. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. 6th ed. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing, 2008.
Delatte, Louis, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard. Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language]. Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège (L.A.S.L.A.), 1981.
Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
Francese, Christopher. "Latin Core Vocabulary." Dickinson College Commentaries. Last modified 2014. http://dcc.dickinson.edu/latin-vocabulary-list.
Gildersleeve, Basil L., and Gonzales Lodge. Gildersleeve's Latin Grammar: Third Edition, Revised, and Enlarged. 3rd ed. London, England: Macmillan and Co., 1903.
Glare, Peter G.W. Oxford Latin Dictionary. Vols. 1-8. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1982.
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Wheelock, Frederick M. Wheelock's Latin. 6th ed. Revised by Richard A. LaFleur. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "caelestis, caeleste (adj.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed December 29, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/caelestis-caeleste.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 472.on page 472
