celeber

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *kelizris, perhaps root cognate with clueo, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew-; alternatively (if the rare meaning of "swift, in rapid succession" is to be taken as primary) connected with celer (with Greek κέλλω from a root *kel-). Jackson An Etymological Dictionary of the Latin Language (1828:77).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈke.le.ber/, [ˈkɛɫ̪ɛbɛr]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.le.ber/, [ˈt͡ʃɛːleber]

Adjective

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

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

Declension

Third-declension three-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
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

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
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