Meaning of caelum | Babel Free

Definitions

1. heaven (where the stars and the Milky Way is)
   declension-2, masculine, neuter
2. chisel
   declension-2, neuter
3. sky
   declension-2, masculine, neuter
4. climate, weather
   declension-2, masculine, neuter
5. the summit of prosperity, happiness, honor
   declension-2, figuratively, masculine, neuter, usually

Equivalents

Examples

“illa ego sum, cui tū solitus prōmittere caelum. ei mihi, prō caelō quālia dōna ferō!”

I am the woman to whom you used to promise heaven. Alas, in place of heaven what kind of gifts do I get? (trans. Anne and Peter Wiseman, 2011)

“viditque in somnis scalam stantem super terram et cacumen illius tangens caelum”

And he saw in his dream a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven

“Horace, Epistles I.xi.27 http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/horace/epist1.shtml (translation Eugene Ehrlich, Say It in Latin, →ISBN”

Those who cross the sea change the sky not their spirits.

“Regiones autem, quas debent spectare aedes sacrae deorum inmortalium, sic erunt constituendae, uti, si nulla ratio inpedierit liberaque fuerit potestas, aedis signumque quod erit in cella conlocatum, spectet ad vespertinam caeli regionem, uti, qui adierint ad aram immolantes aut sacrificia facientes, spectent ad partem caeli orientis et simulacrum, quod erit in aede, et ita vota suscipientes contueantur aedem et orientem caeli ipsaque simulacra videantur exorientia contueri supplicantes et sacrificantes, quod aras omnes deorum necesse esse videatur ad orientem spectare.”

The directions which the sacred temples of the immortal gods ought to face should be so arranged that, if there is no reason to the contrary and the architect has full power, the temple and the image in the shrine should face to the west, in order that those who approach the altar to offer or to sacrifice may see to the east the image in the shrine, and that in making their vows they may behold the temple and the east[ern part of the sky], and that the images themselves may appear rising in the east to behold such as offer prayer and sacrifice.

“in caelo ponere aliquem”

to deem someone to be the greatest, best, etc.

“Quid quaeris? Vivo et regno, simul ista reliqui Quae vos ad caelum fertis rumore secundo, Utque sacerdotis fugitivus liba recuso,”

What do you want from me? I live, I am my own master, I left behind the self same things you by common approval so eagerly covet, like the fugitive I have no right to the priest's blessed cake, but bread will quench my hunger over any honeyed delicacy.

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