caelifer
Dictionary entries
- Entry →caelifer, caelifera, caeliferum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
supporting sky/heavens;
nom. sg. (m.)voc. sg. (m.)
Examples
Liber Quintus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...locum, tum terra superbit gressibus et paulum respirat caelifer Atlans. hic et ab adserto nuper Marathone superbum Thesea..."- P
Aeneid VI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...extra sidera tellus, extra anni solisque vias, ubi caelifer Atlas axem umero torquet stellis ardentibus aptum. huius..."