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Definition of Caelum
1. Noun. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Columba and Eridanus.
Definition of Caelum
1. Proper noun. (constellation) A summer constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a chisel. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Caelum
Literary usage of Caelum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Elementary Latin Dictionary by Charlton Thomas Lewis, Hugh Macmaster Kingery (1918)
"Fi g., of well-being, heaven, the height of honor, prosperity, happiness : Caesar
fertur in caelum, praised to the skies : vos ad caelum efferre rumore ..."
2. A Latin-English Dictionary Printed from the Unfinished Ms. of the Late by Thomas Hewitt Key (1888)
"17, 5; Vertitur interea caelum, Verg. 2, 250; 4. as thé home of the gods, ....
3, 12, ю; 16. the upper world as opposed to Hades, Sed faina ad caelum ..."
3. The Fragments of Zeno and Cleanthes by Zeno, Cleanthes (1891)
"42. aether vel caelum: hence in Zeno frag. Ill Zeus is identified with caelum in
place of the usual gloss aether. 31. Clem. Alex. Strom, v. 8. 48. ..."
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