caelestia

Latin

Adjective

caelestia

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of caelestis

Noun

caelestia n pl (genitive caelestium); third declension

  1. the heavenly bodies, heavenly objects, divine things
  2. celestial bodies, celestial things
    • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 6.17:
      De his eandem fere, quam reliquae gentes, habent opinionem: Apollinem morbos depellere, Minervam operum atque artificiorum initia tradere, Iovem imperium caelestium tenere, Martem bella regere.
      respecting these deities they have for the most part the same belief as other nations: that Apollo averts diseases, that Minerva imparts the invention of manufactures, that Jupiter possesses the sovereignty of the heavenly powers; that Mars presides over wars.

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, pure i-stem), plural only.

plural
nominative caelestia
genitive caelestium
dative caelestibus
accusative caelestia
ablative caelestibus
vocative caelestia

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