caelestis

Latin

Alternative forms

• cælestis, coelestis, cœlestis

Etymology

From caelum (“heaven, sky”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kae̯ˈles.tis/, [käe̯ˈɫ̪ɛs̠t̪ɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃeˈles.tis/, [t͡ʃeˈlɛst̪is]

Adjective

caelestis (neuter caeleste, comparative caelestior, superlative caelestissimus); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. celestial, of or in the heavens, heavenly
2. (figuratively) divine, of the gods
3. (figuratively) magnificent, preeminent, god-like

   Synonyms: caeles, caelestīnus

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	caelestis	caeleste		caelestēs	caelestia
Genitive	caelestis caelestae			caelestium caelestūm
Dative	caelestī			caelestibus
Accusative	caelestem	caeleste		caelestēs caelestīs	caelestia
Ablative	caelestī caeleste			caelestibus
Vocative	caelestis	caeleste		caelestēs	caelestia

Derived terms

Derived terms

• caelestia
• caelestiālis
• intercaelestis
• succaelestis
• supercaelestis

Related terms

• caeles
• Caelestis (“Tanit”)
• caelestīnus
• caelicola
• caelicus
• caelifer
• caelifluus
• caeligenus
• caeliger
• caeliloquus
• caelipotēns
• caelitēs
• caelitus
• caelum

Descendants

• > Corsican: celestu, celeste, cilestu (inherited)
• >? Galician: xistra
• > Istriot: cialieste (inherited)
• > Catalan: celístia (inherited)

Borrowings:

• → Catalan: celeste (learned)
• → Galician: celeste (learned)
• → Gallurese: cilesti (learned)
• → Italian: celeste (learned)
• → Ligurian: celeste (learned)
• → Old French: celeste (learned)
  • Middle French: celeste
    • French: céleste
      • → English: celeste (learned)
      • → Romanian: celest (learned)
• → Old Galician-Portuguese: celeste (learned)
  • Portuguese: celeste
• Sardinian:
  • → Logudorese: tzeleste, cheleste (learned)
  • → Nuorese: tzeleste (learned)
  • → Campidanese: celesti (learned)
• → Spanish: celeste (learned)
• → Swedish: celest (learned)
• → Venetian: celeste, zheleste

Noun

caelestis m or f (genitive caelestis); third declension

1. (usually in the plural) a deity

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	caelestis	caelestēs
Genitive	caelestis	caelestium
Dative	caelestī	caelestibus
Accusative	caelestem	caelestēs caelestīs
Ablative	caeleste	caelestibus
Vocative	caelestis	caelestēs

Further reading

• “caelestis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “caelestis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• caelestis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 238/3.
• caelestis in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, columns 900–901
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (1) the heavenly bodies, (2) celestial phenomena: caelestia
    
  • astronomy: astrologia (pure Latin sidera, caelestia)
    
  • an astronomer: spectator siderum, rerum caelestium or astrologus
    
  • heavenly things; earthly things: supera et caelestia; humana et citerioria