caelicola

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From caelum (“heaven; sky”) +‎ -cola.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /kae̯ˈli.ko.la/, [käe̯ˈlʲɪkɔɫ̪ä]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃeˈli.ko.la/, [t͡ʃeˈliːkolä]

Noun

caelicola m or f (genitive caelicolae); first declension

  1. An inhabitant of heaven; deity, god; goddess.
  2. A worshipper of the heavens.

Declension

Note that the genitive plural has the alternative form caelicolum for caelicolārum. First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative caelicola caelicolae
Genitive caelicolae caelicolārum
Dative caelicolae caelicolīs
Accusative caelicolam caelicolās
Ablative caelicolā caelicolīs
Vocative caelicola caelicolae
Related terms

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