caelestis

• cælestis, coelestis, cœlestis

From caelum (“heaven, sky”) +‎ -estris, possibly influenced by the dissimilated agrestis in a coordinated phrase like "dī agrestēs caelestēs-que".

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kae̯ˈles.tis/, [käe̯ˈɫ̪ɛs̠t̪ɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃeˈles.tis/, [t͡ʃeˈlɛst̪is]

caelestis (neuter caeleste, comparative caelestior, superlative caelestissimus); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. celestial, of or in the heavens, heavenly
2. (figuratively) divine, of the gods
3. (figuratively) magnificent, preeminent, god-like

   Synonyms: caeles, caelestīnus

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Third-declension two-termination adjective.

caelestis m or f (genitive caelestis); third declension

1. (usually in the plural) a deity

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

• “caelestis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “caelestis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• caelestis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 238/3.
• caelestis in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, columns 900–901
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (1) the heavenly bodies, (2) celestial phenomena: caelestia
    
  • astronomy: astrologia (pure Latin sidera, caelestia)
    
  • an astronomer: spectator siderum, rerum caelestium or astrologus
    
  • heavenly things; earthly things: supera et caelestia; humana et citerioria