"caelebs" meaning in Latin

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈkae̯.lebs/ [Classical], [ˈkäe̯ɫ̪ɛps̠] [Classical], /ˈt͡ʃe.lebs/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈt͡ʃɛːlebs] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Unknown. Suggestions include Proto-Indo-European *kéywelos (“alone”), but root obscure and suffix unexplained, see also Sanskrit केवल (kévala, “alone”); possibly a suffixation of Proto-Indo-European *koyl- *keh₂i-lo- (“safe, unharmed, whole”), via unattested *cael. Etymology templates: {{unk|la}} Unknown, {{inh|la|ine-pro|*kéywelos||alone}} Proto-Indo-European *kéywelos (“alone”), {{cog|sa|केवल||alone|tr=kévala}} Sanskrit केवल (kévala, “alone”), {{der|la|ine-pro|*koyl-}} Proto-Indo-European *koyl-, {{m|ine-pro|*keh₂i-lo-||safe, unharmed, whole}} *keh₂i-lo- (“safe, unharmed, whole”), {{m|la|*cael}} *cael Head templates: {{la-adj|caelebs/caelib}} caelebs (genitive caelibis); third-declension one-termination adjective Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|caelebs/caelib<+.-I>|acc_pl_n=-|footnote=Because of the word's meaning and the fact that neuter nouns are typically inanimate, neuter uses of the adjective are expected to be rare or absent (although metonymic use, as in Horace's caelibe vita, would be theoretically possible). No neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural form is attested in the corpus of Classical Latin texts. Some New Latin grammars give the form as *caeliba, which is consistent with the consonant-stem inflection in the rest of the paradigm: note however that only a few positive adjectives have attested consonant-stem neuter plural forms in -a.|nom_pl_n=-|voc_pl_n=-}} Forms: caelibis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], caelebs [feminine, masculine, neuter, nominative, singular], caelibēs [feminine, masculine, nominative, plural], - [neuter, nominative, plural], caelibis [feminine, genitive, masculine, neuter, singular], caelibum [feminine, genitive, masculine, neuter, plural], caelibī [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, singular], caelibibus [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], caelibem [accusative, feminine, masculine, singular], caelebs [accusative, neuter, singular], caelibēs [accusative, feminine, masculine, plural], - [accusative, neuter, plural], caelibe [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, singular], caelibibus [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], caelebs [feminine, masculine, neuter, singular, vocative], caelibēs [feminine, masculine, plural, vocative], - [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. unmarried, single Tags: declension-3, one-termination Categories (topical): Marriage Synonyms: vacuus, coelebs, cēlebs [Medieval-Latin] Derived forms: caelibātus (english: see there for further descendants)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
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        {
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          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        }
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        {
          "english": "\"Nothing,\" he says, \"is finer or better than a single life.\" If it is not, he swears that only the married are well off.",
          "ref": "Horatius, epistulae, liber I. In: Horace Satires, Epistles and Ars poetica with an English translation by H. Rushton Fairclough, 1942, p. 258 f.",
          "roman": "Si non est, iurat bene solis esse maritis.",
          "text": "Nil ait esse prius, melius nil caelibe vita.",
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          "word": "coelebs"
        },
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            "Medieval-Latin"
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        "Classical"
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      "ipa": "[ˈkäe̯ɫ̪ɛps̠]",
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        "Classical"
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      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃe.lebs/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃɛːlebs]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
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      "english": "see there for further descendants",
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    }
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  "etymology_text": "Unknown. Suggestions include Proto-Indo-European *kéywelos (“alone”), but root obscure and suffix unexplained, see also Sanskrit केवल (kévala, “alone”); possibly a suffixation of Proto-Indo-European *koyl- *keh₂i-lo- (“safe, unharmed, whole”), via unattested *cael.",
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      "form": "caelibis",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
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        "feminine",
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        "neuter",
        "singular"
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        "feminine",
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        "neuter",
        "plural"
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        "neuter",
        "singular"
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        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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        "masculine",
        "singular"
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    {
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        "feminine",
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        "neuter",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "caelibēs",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine",
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        "plural",
        "vocative"
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        "vocative"
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    {
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        "1": "caelebs/caelib<+.-I>",
        "acc_pl_n": "-",
        "footnote": "Because of the word's meaning and the fact that neuter nouns are typically inanimate, neuter uses of the adjective are expected to be rare or absent (although metonymic use, as in Horace's caelibe vita, would be theoretically possible). No neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural form is attested in the corpus of Classical Latin texts. Some New Latin grammars give the form as *caeliba, which is consistent with the consonant-stem inflection in the rest of the paradigm: note however that only a few positive adjectives have attested consonant-stem neuter plural forms in -a.",
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  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin 2-syllable words",
        "Latin adjectives",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Latin terms with quotations",
        "Latin terms with unknown etymologies",
        "Latin third declension adjectives",
        "Latin third declension adjectives of one termination",
        "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Undetermined quotations with omitted translation",
        "Undetermined terms with quotations",
        "la:Marriage"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "\"Nothing,\" he says, \"is finer or better than a single life.\" If it is not, he swears that only the married are well off.",
          "ref": "Horatius, epistulae, liber I. In: Horace Satires, Epistles and Ars poetica with an English translation by H. Rushton Fairclough, 1942, p. 258 f.",
          "roman": "Si non est, iurat bene solis esse maritis.",
          "text": "Nil ait esse prius, melius nil caelibe vita.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "unmarried, single"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "unmarried",
          "unmarried"
        ],
        [
          "single",
          "single"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "vacuus"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "one-termination"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkae̯.lebs/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkäe̯ɫ̪ɛps̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃe.lebs/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃɛːlebs]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "coelebs"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Medieval-Latin"
      ],
      "word": "cēlebs"
    }
  ],
  "word": "caelebs"
}

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