caelite
Dictionary entries
- Entry →caeles, caelitis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Religion
the_Gods (usu. pl.); divinity, dweller in heaven; saint (Ecc);
abl. sg.dat. sg.loc. sg. - Entry →caeles, (gen.), caelitis:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
heavenly; celestial (not found in NOM S);
abl. sg. (all)
Examples
Agamemnon
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...nostra iam metus omnis mala. equidem nec ulla caelites placo prece nec, si uelint saeuire, quo noceant habent..."Phaedra
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...uocem mittit et maior tenet. uos testor omnis, caelites, hoc quod uolo me nolle. Hi. Animusne cupiens aliquid..."Liber I
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...inscripserunt, ingenioseque visus est Gavius "caelibes" dicere veluti "caelites", quod onere gravissimo vacent, idque Graeco argumento iuvit: eitheous..."Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...velut luteumve papaver. at, marite, ita me iuvent caelites, nihilo minus pulcer es, neque te Venus neglegit..."
