cela
Dictionary entries
- Entry →celum, celi:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Field:
- Technical
chisel; engraving tool; burin;
acc. pl.nom. pl.voc. pl. - Entry →celo, celare, celavi, celatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
conceal, hide, keep secret; disguise; keep in dark/in ignorance; shield;
sg. pres. act. imp. 2nd
Examples
Miles Gloriosus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...quod celo hau celo. Pal. Immo et celas et non celas. Milph. Quo argumento? Pal. Infidos celas..."Liber XIII
Aulus Gellius
"...versibus: te Anna ac Peranna, Panda Cela, te Pales, Nerienes et Minerva, Fortuna ac Ceres..."Liber III
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...uindice nec Probum timeto. Formonsam faciem nigro medicamine celas, sed non formonso corpore laedis aquas. Ipsam crede deam..."Metamorphoses VIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...dominus spectans "o qui pendentia parvo aera cibo celas, moderator harundinis," inquit "sic mare conpositum, sic sit tibi..."Carmen Saeculare
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace)
"...alme Sol, curru nitido diem qui promis et celas aliusque et idem nasceris, possis nihil urbe Roma visere..."