coelum

coelum

1. Alternative form of coelom (“body cavity”).

A respelling of caelum, from a time period when ae and oe had become homophonous, reflecting a folk etymology deriving the word from Ancient Greek κοῖλος (koîlos, “hollow”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkoe̯.ɫũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃɛː.lum]

coelum n (genitive coelī); second declension

1. Medieval Latin and New Latin form of caelum (“sky, heaven”)

Second-declension noun (neuter).