caelitibus
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. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl. - Entry →caeles, (gen.), caelitis:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
heavenly; celestial (not found in NOM S);
abl. pl. (all)dat. pl. (all)
Examples
Metamorphoses VI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...tamen admonita est poena popularis Arachnes, cedere caelitibus verbisque minoribus uti. multa dabant animos; sed enim nec coniugis..."Metamorphoses V
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...facta deorum; emissumque ima de sede Typhoea terrae caelitibus fecisse metum cunctosque dedisse terga fugae, donec fessos Aegyptia..."
