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
- L
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..." - L
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..." - M
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..." - G
Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...velut luteumve papaver. at, marite, ita me iuvent caelites, nihilo minus pulcer es, neque te Venus neglegit..."
