Caelius

== Latin == === Alternative forms === Coelius === Etymology === Probably derived from caelum (“heaven”) === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkae̯.li.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃɛː.li.us] === Proper noun === Caelius m sg (genitive Caeliī or Caelī); second declension a Roman nomen, gens or "family name" famously held by: Lucius Coelius Antipater, a Roman jurist and historian Marcus Caelius Rufus, a Roman politician and orator ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Derived terms ==== Caelia === References === “Caelius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Caelius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Hanks, Patrick: A Dictionary of First Names