caelestis

numen caeleste
divine power in numerum caelestium adscitus est
he has been received into the number of the gods

caelestis , e: adj. (caelum), belonging to the sky; celestial, 1.11; heaven-sent, divine, 6.379; subst., caelestēs, ium or um, c., the gods of heaven, 1.387.

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 (Luc.), 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.

caelestis (coelestis), e, Adi. m. Compar. u. Superl. (caelum, coelum), zum Himmel gehörig, himmlisch, a) zum Himmel als Weltraum gehörig, am Himmel befindlich, corpora, Cic. de sen. 77 (versch. von unten no. b): astra, Ov.: orbis, Cic.: plagae, Ov.: res (Plur.), Dinge am Himmel (Ggstz. res humanae), Cic. or. 119; u. die Himmelskörper (Sterne), studiosi rerum caelestium, Sternkundige, Astronomen, Col. 3, 6, 4: u. cael. signa, Vitr.: solum, Ov.: vis, Einfluß des Himmels, Cic. – subst., caelestia, ium, n., die Dinge am Himmel, die Himmelskörper, haec caelestia (Ggstz. illa humana), Cic. de rep. 6, 20: supera et caelestia (Ggstz. haec nostra), Cic. Acad. 2, 127: pleraque caelestium, Tac. hist. 5, 4: periti caelestium, Sternkundige, Tac. ann. 4, 58: peritia caelestium, Spart. Hadr. 2, 4: cognitio caelestium vel mortalium, Quint. 1, 10, 5. – b) zum Himmel als Luft- u. Wolkenhimmel (Sitz u. Ausgangspunkt der Lufterscheinungen, des Regens, Blitzes) gehörig, am Himmel sichtbar, -beobachtet, vom Himmel ausgehend u. dgl., des Himmels, aër, Vitr.: aqua, Hor., Vitr. u.a., aquae, Liv., Sen. u.a.: arcus, Regenbogen, Plin.: auguria (wenn es donnert u. blitzt), Paul. ex Fest.: prope cael. clamor, des Himmels gewaltige Stimme, Cic.: fragor, Donner, Quint.: ignis, Blitzstrahl, Tac.: fulminis ignis, Lucr.: imbres, Vitr. u. Col.: minae (v. drohenden Regen), Tac.: nubes, Ov.: prodigia, Liv.: spiritus, Cic.: turbo, Lucr. – c) zum Himmel als Sitz der Götter gehörig, im Himmel, des Himmels, der Götter, himmlisch, göttlich, überirdisch (Ggstz. terrenus, Lact. 6, 6, 11), α) eig.: animus (Seele), Vell. u. Quint.: anima, Vell.: animi, Verg.: aula, Ov.: corpora, Verg. Aen. 11, 276 (vgl. oben no. a): deus, Amm. 16, 12, 13: di, Cic. harusp. resp. 20 u. (Ggstz. di terrestres u. di inferni) Liv. 1, 32, 10: dona, Verg. u. Ov.: honores, Curt.: irae, Liv.: nectar, Ov.: origo, Verg.: ortus, Quint.: pabula, Ov.: religiones, Tac.: sapientia, Hor.: species, stirps, Ov.: caelestem eius vitam et memoriam futuram, ihm ein Leben im Himmel u. ewiger Ruhm zuteil werden würde, Vell. 2, 24, 3: quem prope caelestem fecerint, den sie beinahe vergöttert, Liv. 6, 17, 5. – subst., αα) plur. masc., caelestēs, ium, m. u. f., die Himmlischen = die Götter, Göttinnen, Cic., Liv. u.a.: Iuppiter omnesque caelestes, Vitr.; u. bes. = die obern Götter (Ggstz. inferi), caelestium inferorum irae, Liv. 10, 28, 17. – ββ) neutr. sing. caeleste, is, n., das Himmlische, nihil est caelesti caelestius, Sen. ep. 66, 11. – Plur. caelestia, himmlische, göttliche Dinge od. Wesen (Ggstz. inferna, die Unterwelt), Tac. hist. 5, 5. – β) übtr.: αα) als Beiwort für alles Herrliche, Ausgezeichnete, himmlisch, göttlich, übermenschlich, göttergleich, unvergleichlich, herrlich, caelestes divinaeque legiones, Cic.: cael. ingenium, mens, Ov.: iudicia, Quint.: illa natura caelestis atque immortalis, Quint.: cael. praeceptor, Vell.: caelestissima opera, Vell.: caelestissimum os Ciceronis, Vell. – m. in u. Abl., caelestis hic in dicendo vir, Quint. 10, 2, 18. – ββ) kaiserlich, Cod. Theod. 3, 1, 9; 6, 5, 2. – ➳ Abl. sing. caeleste (st. caelesti) b. Ov. her. 15 (16), 277; met. 15, 743 u.a.: Genet. plur. caelestum (st. caelestium) bei Varr. LL. 6, 53. Acc. tr. 209. Lucr. 6, 1272 u.a. Dichtern (s. Neue-Wagener Formenl.³ Bd. 2. S. 65).

caelestis [CL] 1 belonging to, or sent from, the sky or the supernal regions. Helias [III Reg. xviii 45] ‥ caeli claustra et obstacula nimborum precibus patefecit geminosque militum penticotharcos ~is foci fulmine flagrantes ‥ extorruit Aldh. VirgP 20 (cf. id. VirgV 254: caelesti fulmine fretus); omnia ‥ corpora sive ~ia sive aeria sive aquatica sive terrena Eriug. Per. 480A; aqua celestis glacie constricta Neckam DS I 551; ~e tempus reversionibus siderum ad eadem loca temporali conversione recurrentium D. Morley 16; extra ~is spere ambitum Ib. 24; signum ‥ separationis a natura terrestri et assimilationis nature ~i Gros. 38; sol non est per substantiam in inferioribus, et ideo per virtutem; et sic de aliis corporibus ~ibus Bacon Maj. II 446 (cf. ib.: natura ~is non est generabilis et corruptibilis); si poneretur illam alteracionem [seminis] esse a continente vel a corpore ~i Duns Metaph. VII 12 p. 94b. 2 (n. pl. as sb): a heavenly bodies. b supernal regions. a sicut ait Albumaxar ‥ qui post Tholomeum ~ium naturam prosecutus est, in omnibus his corporibus que sentimus hec genera inveniuntur D. Morley 17; ~ia possunt recipere species ab aliis ~ibus, ut luna et stelle recipiunt virtutem et speciem solis Bacon Maj. II 446.  b ea que in ~ibus renovantur et in aere Bacon Tert. 106. 3 sky-blue. b (w. lilium) iris. triplice colore pallium induebat, distinctum aureo, purpureo, et ~i Deorum Imag. 8.  b lilii ~is Gilb. VII 328v. 2. 4 celestial, heavenly, belonging to (Christian) heaven. b divine, God-given. pandit regnator Olympi / aulae caelestis valvas et limina vitae Aldh. VirgV 109; vixerat in terris caelesti munere fretus Ib. 792; vocatur locus ille lingua Anglorum Hefenfelth, quod dici potest Latine ‘~is campus’, ‥ significans nimirum quod ibidem ~e erigendum tropaeum, ~is inchoanda victoria, ~ia ‥ forent miracula celebranda Bede HE III 2; 824 (10c) a participatione regni caelaestis separatum CS 381; caeli nomine rerum intelligibilium ~iumque essentiarum ‥ principales causas significatas esse accipiamus Eriug. Per. 546B; de terreno ad ~e regnum migraverunt Ailr. Ed. Conf. 738B; ut sis celestis non assimilare scelestis Serlo Wilt. 2. 19; per merita et preces ‥ Virginis Marie ‥ et gloriosi regis S. Edwardi ‥ et aliorum sanctorum ‥ ac tocius curie ~is Cust. Westm. 232; ~e et subceleste ‥ imperium G. Hen. V 1; 1457 per omnia merita ‥ ~is doctoris Jeronymi MunAcOx 671; †celectis, A. hevenlyche WW.  b cujus caelestis contrivit sceptra potestas Aldh. VirgV 345; nonnulla ~is gratiae dona Bede HE IV 14; scripturarum divinarum simul et praeceptorum ~ium observantia Ib. 27; 1345 volentes ‥ sub spe ~is auxilii et justicie nostre fiducia laborare (Lit. Regis) Ad. Mur. 165. 5 (n. pl. as sb.) heavenly things. b heavenly regions. c (m. pl. as sb.) heavenly beings, dwellers in heaven. ut nulla nisi ~ia cogitare soleret Bede HE II 1 p. 74.  b terrena transiliens atque ad ~ia semper amanda, petenda et querenda pervolans Bede HE II 7; spe a terrenis ad ~ia attolluntur Ailr. Ed. Conf. 753C; 1337 eterno regi in ~ibus conregnare FormOx 97; anima ipsius ‥ cum Deo in ~ibus vivente Blakman Hen. VI 19.  c Christum ‥ ~ium et terrestrium reconciliatorem Aldh. VirgP 2 p. 64; non bene celestes impia dextra colit Walt. Angl. Fab. 24 (19); vultus erectos ad ‥ consortia ~ium erigere Gir. GE II 9; 1515 ob honorem ‥ Dei ‥ et omnium ~ium supernorum FormA 272.

cælestis, (9) e (cælum), ¶ 1 du ciel, céleste : Cic. Rep. 6, 17 ; Nat. 2, 120 ¶ 2 dʼorigine céleste, qui se rapporte aux dieux dʼen haut : Cic. Har. 20 || [fig.] divin, excellent, merveilleux : Cic. Phil. 5, 28 ; Quint. 10, 2, 18 || cælestis, is, subst. m. , ordin^t au plur., habitant du ciel, dieu : Cic. Off. 3, 25 ; au fém., déesse : Tert. Apol. 24 || cælestĭa, ium, n. pl., choses célestes : Cic. CM 77.

➳ -tior Sen. Ep. 66, 11 ; -tissimus Vell. 2, 66, 3 || abl. -te au lieu de -ti Ov. M. 15, 743 ; gén. pl. -tum au lieu de -tium Varro L. 6, 53 ; Lucr. 6, 1272.

caelestis , e. adj. c. s.
天上者。Caelestis aqua 雨水。Caelestes 諸神。

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caelestis (not coel-), e (ablsing. -tī; rarely -te, O.; genplur. poet. -tūm, V., O.), adj.

• caelum, of heaven, from heaven, of the heavens, heavenly, celestial: aqua, rain, H.: plagae, O.: aërii mellis dona, V.: prodigia, L.—Plurn. as subst, the heavenly bodies.—Fig., divine: numen, O.: irae, L.: origo, V.: sapientia, H.: auxilium, of the gods, O.—Plurm. as subst, the gods: in concilio caelestium: nuntia caelestes ita velle, L.: invisus caelestibus, V.: bis sex, the twelve great gods, O.: magnitudo caelestium, the divine majesty, Ta.—Plurn. as subst, heavenly objects, divine things: haec caelestia semper spectato: tentare, experience, i. e. be deified, H.— Celestial, divine, god-like, magnificent, pre-eminent: legiones: quem prope caelestem fecerint, L.: quos Elea domum reducit Palma caelestīs, glorified, H.