celeber

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *kelisris, of unclear origin.^[1] Traditional theories derive the word either from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- (“to hear”) (whence clueo (“to be called, reputed”)), or alternatively, if the rare meaning of "swift, in rapid succession" is to be taken as primary, from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“to drive”) (whence celer (“fast, swift”) and Ancient Greek κέλλω (kéllō, “to drive on”).^[2]

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkɛ.ɫɛ.bɛr]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃɛː.le.ber]

Adjective

celeber (feminine celebris, neuter celebre, comparative celebrior, superlative celeberrimus); third-declension three-termination adjective

containing a multitude, numerous, frequent
crowded, populous
honored by a great assembly, famous, celebrated, renowned
Synonyms: fāmōsus, praeclārus, inclitus, clārus, memorātus

Declension

Third-declension three-termination adjective.

	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	neuter
	singular			plural
nominative	celeber	celebris	celebre	celebrēs	celebria
genitive	celebris			celebrium
dative	celebrī			celebribus
accusative	celebrem		celebre	celebrēs	celebria
ablative	celebrī			celebribus
vocative	celeber	celebris	celebre	celebrēs	celebria

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Catalan: cèlebre
Italian: celebre
→ Portuguese: célebre
→ Spanish: célebre
→ French: célèbre
- → Romanian: celebru

References

“celeber”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“celeber”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
celeber in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “celeber”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 104
^ Jackson An Etymological Dictionary of the Latin Language (1828:77)

[1] De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “celeber”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 104

[2] Jackson An Etymological Dictionary of the Latin Language (1828:77)

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