Caelius

• Coelius

Probably derived from caelum (“heaven”)

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkae̯.li.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃɛː.li.us]

Caelius m sg (genitive Caeliī or Caelī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Lucius Coelius Antipater, a Roman jurist and historian
   2. Marcus Caelius Rufus, a Roman politician and orator

Second-declension noun, singular only.

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

• Caelia

• “Caelius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Caelius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Hanks, Patrick: A Dictionary of First Names