coelum

== English == === Noun === coelum Alternative form of coelom (“body cavity”). == Latin == === Etymology === A respelling of caelum, from a time period when ae and oe had become homophonous, reflecting a folk etymology deriving the word from Ancient Greek κοῖλος (koîlos, “hollow”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkoe̯.ɫũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃɛː.lum] === Noun === coelum n (genitive coelī); second declension Medieval Latin and New Latin form of caelum (“sky, heaven”) ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter).