"caelifer" meaning in Latin

See caelifer in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [ˈkae̯.lɪ.fɛr] [Classical-Latin], [ˈt͡ʃɛː.li.fer] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From caelum (“heaven; sky”) + -fer (“-carrying”). Etymology templates: {{suffix|la|caelum|fer|t1=heaven; sky|t2=-carrying}} caelum (“heaven; sky”) + -fer (“-carrying”) Head templates: {{la-adj|caelifer}} caelifer (feminine caelifera, neuter caeliferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er) Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|caelifer}} Forms: caelifera [feminine], caeliferum [neuter], in -er [masculine, nominative, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], caelifer [masculine, nominative, singular], caelifera [feminine, nominative, singular], caeliferum [neuter, nominative, singular], caeliferī [masculine, nominative, plural], caeliferae [feminine, nominative, plural], caelifera [neuter, nominative, plural], caeliferī [genitive, masculine, singular], caeliferae [feminine, genitive, singular], caeliferī [genitive, neuter, singular], caeliferōrum [genitive, masculine, plural], caeliferārum [feminine, genitive, plural], caeliferōrum [genitive, neuter, plural], caeliferō [dative, masculine, singular], caeliferae [dative, feminine, singular], caeliferō [dative, neuter, singular], caeliferīs [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], caeliferum [accusative, masculine, singular], caeliferam [accusative, feminine, singular], caeliferum [accusative, neuter, singular], caeliferōs [accusative, masculine, plural], caeliferās [accusative, feminine, plural], caelifera [accusative, neuter, plural], caeliferō [ablative, masculine, singular], caeliferā [ablative, feminine, singular], caeliferō [ablative, neuter, singular], caeliferīs [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], caelifer [masculine, singular, vocative], caelifera [feminine, singular, vocative], caeliferum [neuter, singular, vocative], caeliferī [masculine, plural, vocative], caeliferae [feminine, plural, vocative], caelifera [neuter, plural, vocative], coelifer [alternative]
  1. Supporting the sky or heavens. Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
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        "3": "fer",
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        "t2": "-carrying"
      },
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      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From caelum (“heaven; sky”) + -fer (“-carrying”).",
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        "feminine"
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    {
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        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "in -er",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "caeliferum",
      "source": "declension",
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        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeliferī",
      "links": [
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          "caeliferī",
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        "masculine",
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        "plural"
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        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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          "caeliferi#Latin"
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        "singular"
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        "singular"
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        "singular"
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        ]
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        "plural"
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        "plural"
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        "plural"
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          "caeliferō",
          "caelifero#Latin"
        ]
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        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
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        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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          "caeliferō",
          "caelifero#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeliferīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "caeliferīs",
          "caeliferis#Latin"
        ]
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    },
    {
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeliferam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "neuter",
        "singular"
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          "caeliferōs",
          "caeliferos#Latin"
        ]
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeliferās",
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        [
          "caeliferās",
          "caeliferas#Latin"
        ]
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        "feminine",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "caelifera",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeliferō",
      "links": [
        [
          "caeliferō",
          "caelifero#Latin"
        ]
      ],
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        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "caeliferā",
      "links": [
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          "caeliferā",
          "caelifera#Latin"
        ]
      ],
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        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeliferō",
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        [
          "caeliferō",
          "caelifero#Latin"
        ]
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        "neuter",
        "singular"
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          "caeliferīs",
          "caeliferis#Latin"
        ]
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      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular",
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      ]
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    {
      "form": "caelifera",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeliferum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeliferī",
      "links": [
        [
          "caeliferī",
          "caeliferi#Latin"
        ]
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caelifera",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "coelifer",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "la-adj"
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
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        {
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        "Supporting the sky or heavens."
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      "id": "en-caelifer-la-adj-WRjHgH83",
      "links": [
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          "Supporting",
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        ],
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          "sky",
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        {
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        },
        {
          "word": "caelicus"
        },
        {
          "word": "caelifluus"
        },
        {
          "word": "caeligenus"
        },
        {
          "word": "caeliger"
        },
        {
          "word": "caeliloquus"
        },
        {
          "word": "caelipotēns"
        },
        {
          "word": "caelitēs"
        },
        {
          "word": "caelitus"
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        {
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        }
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      "ipa": "[ˈkae̯.lɪ.fɛr]",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃɛː.li.fer]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
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}
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        "singular"
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          "caeliferī",
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        "plural"
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        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "caelifera",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "singular"
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        "singular"
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    {
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          "caeliferī",
          "caeliferi#Latin"
        ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
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          "caeliferōrum",
          "caeliferorum#Latin"
        ]
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        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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          "caeliferarum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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          "caeliferōrum",
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        ]
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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        [
          "caeliferō",
          "caelifero#Latin"
        ]
      ],
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        "dative",
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        "singular"
      ]
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        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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          "caeliferō",
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        ]
      ],
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        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
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          "caeliferīs",
          "caeliferis#Latin"
        ]
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        "plural"
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    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeliferam",
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      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeliferum",
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      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
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          "caeliferos#Latin"
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeliferās",
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          "caeliferas#Latin"
        ]
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      "tags": [
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        "feminine",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "caelifera",
      "source": "declension",
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        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeliferō",
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          "caeliferō",
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        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeliferā",
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        [
          "caeliferā",
          "caelifera#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeliferō",
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          "caeliferō",
          "caelifero#Latin"
        ]
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeliferīs",
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          "caeliferīs",
          "caeliferis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
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        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caelifera",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeliferum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeliferī",
      "links": [
        [
          "caeliferī",
          "caeliferi#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeliferae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caelifera",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "coelifer",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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      },
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      "name": "la-adj"
    }
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  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
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    {
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    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "word": "caelestis"
    },
    {
      "word": "caelicola"
    },
    {
      "word": "caelicus"
    },
    {
      "word": "caelifluus"
    },
    {
      "word": "caeligenus"
    },
    {
      "word": "caeliger"
    },
    {
      "word": "caeliloquus"
    },
    {
      "word": "caelipotēns"
    },
    {
      "word": "caelitēs"
    },
    {
      "word": "caelitus"
    },
    {
      "word": "caelum"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin 3-syllable words",
        "Latin adjectives",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin first and second declension adjectives",
        "Latin first and second declension adjectives with nominative masculine singular in -er",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin terms suffixed with -fer",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Supporting the sky or heavens."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Supporting",
          "support"
        ],
        [
          "sky",
          "sky"
        ],
        [
          "heavens",
          "heavens"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkae̯.lɪ.fɛr]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃɛː.li.fer]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "caelifer"
}

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