caelestiaとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

caelestia n pl (genitive caelestium); third declension

1. the heavenly bodies, heavenly objects, divine things
2. celestial bodies, celestial things
   • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 6.17:

     De his eandem fere, quam reliquae gentes, habent opinionem: Apollinem morbos depellere, Minervam operum atque artificiorum initia tradere, Iovem imperium caelestium tenere, Martem bella regere.

     respecting these deities they have for the most part the same belief as other nations: that Apollo averts diseases, that Minerva imparts the invention of manufactures, that Jupiter possesses the sovereignty of the heavenly powers; that Mars presides over wars.

語形変化

Third-declension noun (neuter, pure i-stem), plural only.

Further reading

• “caelestia”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• CAELESTIA - Latein-Deutsch Übersetzung (PONS) (in German)