caelestis

caelestis ( coel- ), e ( gen. sing. CAELESTAE, Inscr. Neapol. 2602; abl. sing. regularly, caelesti:

caeleste,

Ov. H. 16, 277; id. M. 15, 743; cf.: bimestris, cognominis, perennis, patruelis, etc.; gen. plur. caelestum, but caelestium, Enn. Epigr. v. 9 Vahl.; Att. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 26, 68, or id. Trag. Rel. v. 209 Rib.; Varr. L. L. 6, § 53 Müll.; Lucr. 6, 1274; Cat. 64, 191; 64, 205; Verg. A. 7, 432; Ov. M. 1, 150), adj. [caelum], pertaining to heaven or to the heavens, found in heaven, coming from heaven, etc., heavenly, celestial (class. and very freq.):

ignis fulminis,

Lucr. 2, 384; cf.:

turbine correptus et igni,

id. 6, 395:

flammae,

id. 5, 1093:

urbes igne caelesti flagrasse,

Tac. H. 5, 7:

arcus,

the rainbow, Plin. 11, 14, 14, § 37; Suet. Aug. 95:

nubes,

Ov. A. A. 2, 237:

aqua,

rain, Hor. C. 3, 10, 20; cf.

aquae,

id. Ep. 2, 1, 135; Liv. 4, 30, 7; Col. 3, 12, 2; 7, 4, 8; Plin. 17, 2, 2, § 14; Dig. 39, 3, 1:

imbres,

Col. 3, 13, 7:

templa,

Lucr. 5, 1203; 6, 388; 6, 671:

solum,

Ov. M. 1, 73:

plagae,

id. ib. 12, 40 al.:

astra,

id. ib. 15, 846:

aërii mellis dona,

Verg. G. 4, 1:

prodigia,

Liv. 1, 34, 9; cf.

minae,

Tac. H. 1, 18: caelestia auguria vocant cum fulminat aut tonat, Paul. ex Fest. p. 64, 8 Müll.:

fragor,

Quint. 12, 10, 4:

orbes, quorum unus est caelestis,

Cic. Rep 6, 17, 17.— Subst.: caelestĭa, ĭum, n., the heavenly bodies:

cogitantes supera atque caelestia, haec nostra, ut exigua et minima, contemnimus,

Cic. Ac. 2, 41, 127; Tac. H. 5, 4; id. A. 4, 58.—

II.

Meton.

A.

Divine; and subst., the deity (most freq. like caeles in plur.), the gods.

1.

Adj., numen, Cat. 66, 7; Tib. 3, 4, 53; Ov. M. 1, 367:

animi,

Verg. A. 1, 11: aula, Ov F 1, 139: irae. Liv. 2, 36, 6:

ira,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 441:

origo,

Verg. A. 6, 730:

ortus,

Quint. 3, 7, 5:

stirps,

Ov. M. 1, 760; cf.

species,

id. ib. 15, 743:

nectar,

id. ib. 4, 252; cf.

pabula,

id. ib. 4, 217:

sapientia,

Hor. Ep 1, 3, 27:

auxilium,

of the gods, Ov. M. 15, 630:

dona,

id. ib. 13, 289 al.:

cognitio caelestium et mortalium,

Quint. 1, 10, 5; cf. id. 10, 1, 86.—

* Comp neutr.:

nihil est caelesti caelestius,

Sen. Ep. 66, 11 —

2.

Subst.: caelestis, is, m., a deity: quicumque dedit formam caelestis avarae, Tib 2, 4, 35.—Mostly plur., the gods:

divos et eos qui caelestes semper habiti colunto,

Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 19:

caelestum templa,

Lucr. 6, 1273:

in concilio caelestium,

Cic. Off. 3, 5, 25; so id. Phil. 4, 4, 10; Liv. 1, 16, 7; 9, 1, 3; Tac. G. 9; id. H. 4, 84; Cat. 64, 191; 64, 205; 68, 76; Tib. 1, 9, 5; Verg. A. 1, 387; 7, 432; Ov. M. 1, 150; 4, 594; 6, 72, 6, 171.—

3.

Caelestis, is, f., a female divinity in Carthage, Tert. Apol. 24, Capitol. Pert. 4, 2; Macrin. 3, 1; Treb. Pol. Trig. Tyr. 29, 1.—

4.

caelestĭa, ĭum, n., heavenly objects, divine things:

haec caelelestia semper spectato, illa humana con-t emnito,

Cic. Rep. 6, 19, 20:

sapientem non modo cognitione caelestium vel mortalium putant instruendum,

Quint. 1, 10, 5; Tac. H. 5, 5.—

B.

As in most languages, an epithet of any thing splendid or excellent, celestial, divine, god-like, magnificent, preeminent, etc. (so most freq. since the Aug. per., esp. as a complimentary term applied to eminent persons and their qualities;

in Cic. only once): caelestes divinaeque legiones,

Cic. Phil. 5, 11, 28:

quem prope caelestem fecerint,

Liv. 6, 17, 5:

ingenium,

Ov. A. A. 1, 185:

mens,

id. F. 1, 534:

in dicendo vir (sc. Cicero),

Quint. 10, 2, 18; cf.:

caelestissimum os (Ciceronis),

Vell. 2, 66, 3:

ju dicia,

Quint. 4, prooem. §

2 Spald.: praecepta,

Vell. 2, 94, 2:

anima,

id. 2, 123:

animus,

id. 2, 60, 2:

caelestissimorum ejus operum,

id. 2, 104, 3: quos Elea domum reducit Palma caelestes, glorified, like the gods, Hor C. 4, 2, 18.— Adv. not in use.