caelo

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *keh₂id-, *kh₂eyd- (“to cut, hew”). Related to caedō.

Pronunciation

Verb

caelō (present infinitive caelāre, perfect active caelāvī, supine caelātum); first conjugation

  1. to carve
  2. to engrave, emboss or chase
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Metamorphoses 2.5–7:
      Māteriam superābat opus: nam Mulciber illīc
      aequora caelārat mediās cingentia terrās
      terrārumque orbem caelumque, quod imminet orbī.
      The craftsmanship surpassed the materials: for there Vulcan
      had engraved the oceans, surrounding the central lands,
      and the Earth’s sphere and the sky, which overhangs the earth.
  3. (figurative) to embroider
  4. (figurative) to compose

Conjugation

   Conjugation of caelō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present caelō caelās caelat caelāmus caelātis caelant
imperfect caelābam caelābās caelābat caelābāmus caelābātis caelābant
future caelābō caelābis caelābit caelābimus caelābitis caelābunt
perfect caelāvī caelāvistī caelāvit caelāvimus caelāvistis caelāvērunt,
caelāvēre
pluperfect caelāveram caelāverās caelāverat caelāverāmus caelāverātis caelāverant
future perfect caelāverō caelāveris caelāverit caelāverimus caelāveritis caelāverint
passive present caelor caelāris,
caelāre 		caelātur caelāmur caelāminī caelantur
imperfect caelābar caelābāris,
caelābāre 		caelābātur caelābāmur caelābāminī caelābantur
future caelābor caelāberis,
caelābere 		caelābitur caelābimur caelābiminī caelābuntur
perfect caelātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect caelātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect caelātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present caelem caelēs caelet caelēmus caelētis caelent
imperfect caelārem caelārēs caelāret caelārēmus caelārētis caelārent
perfect caelāverim caelāverīs caelāverit caelāverīmus caelāverītis caelāverint
pluperfect caelāvissem caelāvissēs caelāvisset caelāvissēmus caelāvissētis caelāvissent
passive present caeler caelēris,
caelēre 		caelētur caelēmur caelēminī caelentur
imperfect caelārer caelārēris,
caelārēre 		caelārētur caelārēmur caelārēminī caelārentur
perfect caelātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect caelātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — caelā — — caelāte —
future — caelātō caelātō — caelātōte caelantō
passive present — caelāre — — caelāminī —
future — caelātor caelātor — — caelantor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present caelāre caelārī caelāns —
future caelātūrum esse caelātum īrī caelātūrus caelandus
perfect caelāvisse caelātum esse — caelātus
future perfect — caelātum fore — —
perfect potential caelātūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
caelandī caelandō caelandum caelandō caelātum caelātū

Derived terms

Noun

caelō

  1. dative/ablative singular of caelum

References

  • “caelo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “caelo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • caelo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) to run its course in the sky: cursum conficere in caelo
    • (ambiguous) to be struck by lightning: de caelo tangi, percuti
    • (ambiguous) when it is growing dusk; towards evening: die, caelo vesperascente
    • (ambiguous) to observe the sky (i.e. the flight of birds, lightning, thunder, etc.: de caelo servare (Att. 4. 3. 3)

Spanish

Verb

caelo

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of caer combined with lo
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