Caelum

[ see-luhm ]

noun

, Astronomy.

, genitive Cae·li [see, -lahy, -lee].

1. the Sculptor's Tool, or Chisel, a small southern constellation between Columba and Eridanus.

Caelum

/ ˈsiːləm /

noun

1. a small faint constellation in the S hemisphere close to Eridanus

Word History and Origins

Origin of Caelum¹

< Latin: engraving tool

Word History and Origins

Origin of Caelum¹

Latin: the sky, heaven

Example Sentences

Tunc Romulus, arma ad caelum tollens, Iovi aedem vovit, et exercitus seu forte seu divinitus restitit.

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Quibus verbs audts Brtus ad caelum mans et oculs sustulisse dcitur et exclmvisse: Utinam dgnus tl cniuge martus vidr possem!

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Thus hortus in some parts of the Empire became hortu in ordinary pronunciation, and the neuter caelum, heaven, became caelu.

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In his trahebat continue suspiria et ingeminatis gemitibus eorum quae tenebat in manibus oblitus suspendebatur ad caelum.

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Caelum non animum, &c. Do you think he has reformed now that he has crossed the sea, and changed the air?

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