caelo

Latin

Alternative forms

• cēlo (Medieval Latin)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *keh₂id-, *kh₂eyd- (“to cut, hew”). Related to caedō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkae̯.loː/, [ˈkäe̯ɫ̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.lo/, [ˈt͡ʃɛːlo]

Verb

caelō (present infinitive caelāre, perfect active caelāvī, supine caelātum); first conjugation

1. to carve
2. to engrave, emboss or chase
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Metamorphoses 2.5–7:

     Māteriam superābat opus: nam Mulciber illīc
     aequora caelārat mediās cingentia terrās
     terrārumque orbem caelumque, quod imminet orbī.

     The craftsmanship surpassed the materials: for there Vulcan
     had engraved the oceans, surrounding the central lands,
     and the Earth’s sphere and the sky, which overhangs the earth.

3. (figurative) to embroider
4. (figurative) to compose

Conjugation

Conjugation of caelō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	caelō	caelās	caelat	caelāmus	caelātis	caelant
	imperfect	caelābam	caelābās	caelābat	caelābāmus	caelābātis	caelābant
	future	caelābō	caelābis	caelābit	caelābimus	caelābitis	caelābunt
	perfect	caelāvī	caelāvistī	caelāvit	caelāvimus	caelāvistis	caelāvērunt, caelāvēre
	pluperfect	caelāveram	caelāverās	caelāverat	caelāverāmus	caelāverātis	caelāverant
	future perfect	caelāverō	caelāveris	caelāverit	caelāverimus	caelāveritis	caelāverint
passive	present	caelor	caelāris, caelāre	caelātur	caelāmur	caelāminī	caelantur
	imperfect	caelābar	caelābāris, caelābāre	caelābātur	caelābāmur	caelābāminī	caelābantur
	future	caelābor	caelāberis, caelābere	caelābitur	caelābimur	caelābiminī	caelābuntur
	perfect	caelātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	caelātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	caelātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	caelem	caelēs	caelet	caelēmus	caelētis	caelent
	imperfect	caelārem	caelārēs	caelāret	caelārēmus	caelārētis	caelārent
	perfect	caelāverim	caelāverīs	caelāverit	caelāverīmus	caelāverītis	caelāverint
	pluperfect	caelāvissem	caelāvissēs	caelāvisset	caelāvissēmus	caelāvissētis	caelāvissent
passive	present	caeler	caelēris, caelēre	caelētur	caelēmur	caelēminī	caelentur
	imperfect	caelārer	caelārēris, caelārēre	caelārētur	caelārēmur	caelārēminī	caelārentur
	perfect	caelātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	caelātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	caelā	—	—	caelāte	—
	future	—	caelātō	caelātō	—	caelātōte	caelantō
passive	present	—	caelāre	—	—	caelāminī	—
	future	—	caelātor	caelātor	—	—	caelantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		caelāre	caelāvisse	caelātūrum esse	caelārī	caelātum esse	caelātum īrī
participles		caelāns	—	caelātūrus	—	caelātus	caelandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		caelandī	caelandō	caelandum	caelandō	caelātum	caelātū

Derived terms

• caelāmen
• caelātor
• caelātūra
• caelātus

Noun

caelō

1. dative/ablative singular of caelum

References

• “caelo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “caelo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• caelo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to run its course in the sky: cursum conficere in caelo
    
  • (ambiguous) to be struck by lightning: de caelo tangi, percuti
    
  • (ambiguous) when it is growing dusk; towards evening: die, caelo vesperascente
    
  • (ambiguous) to observe the sky (i.e. the flight of birds, lightning, thunder, etc.: de caelo servare (Att. 4. 3. 3)
    

Spanish

Verb

caelo

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of caer combined with lo