Definition of Caelum

1. Noun. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Columba and Eridanus.

Generic synonyms: Constellation

Definition of Caelum

1. Proper noun. (constellation) A summer constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a chisel. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Caelum

Caddy
Cade
Caden
Cadence
Cadillac
Cadillacs
Cadiz
Cadmean
Cadmus
Cadra
Cadra cautella
Cadra figulilella
Caeciliadae
Caeciliidae
Caeden
Caelum (current term)
Caen
Caen stone
Caen stones
Caenolestes
Caenolestidae
Caenorhabditis
Caernarfonshire
Caernarvonshire
Caerphilly
Caesalpinia
Caesalpinia bonduc
Caesalpinia bonducella
Caesalpinia coriaria

Literary usage of Caelum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Elementary Latin Dictionary by Charlton Thomas Lewis, Hugh Macmaster Kingery (1918)
"Fi g., of well-being, heaven, the height of honor, prosperity, happiness : Caesar fertur in caelum, praised to the skies : vos ad caelum efferre rumore ..."

2. A Latin-English Dictionary Printed from the Unfinished Ms. of the Late by Thomas Hewitt Key (1888)
"17, 5; Vertitur interea caelum, Verg. 2, 250; 4. as thé home of the gods, .... 3, 12, ю; 16. the upper world as opposed to Hades, Sed faina ad caelum ..."

3. The Fragments of Zeno and Cleanthes by Zeno, Cleanthes (1891)
"42. aether vel caelum: hence in Zeno frag. Ill Zeus is identified with caelum in place of the usual gloss aether. 31. Clem. Alex. Strom, v. 8. 48. ..."

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