caelites
Latin
Etymology
Substantive of caeles (“heavenly, celestial”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkae̯.lɪ.teːs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃɛː.li.t̪es]
Noun
caelitēs m pl or f pl (genitive caelitum); third declension
- The inhabitants of heaven; the gods.
Declension
Only found in the plural.
Third-declension noun, plural only.
| plural | |
|---|---|
| nominative | caelitēs |
| genitive | caelitum |
| dative | caelitibus |
| accusative | caelitēs |
| ablative | caelitibus |
| vocative | caelitēs |
Related terms
References
- “caelites”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press