caelicola Latin · revision 33862

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=204–169 BC, Ennius|origins=itc-pro *kailo-, ine-pro *kʷelh₁-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [kae̯ˈlɪ.kɔ.ɫa]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [t͡ʃeˈliː.ko.la]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''caelicola''' ''m'' or f (genitive caelicolae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|caelum#2|-cola|t1=sky, heaven|t2=dweller]], from the stem of [[m|la|colō#1|t=to inhabit, cultivate]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010) De Vaan traces [[m|la|caelum#2]] to [[itc-pro|*kailo-|t=sky]] and [[m|la|colō#1]] to [[ine-pro|*kʷelh₁-e/o-|t=to go round]].^(de Vaan 2008) Augustine explains that the gods are given this name only because they dwell in heaven.^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Ennius uses it in the ''Annals'', with the genitive plural ''caelicolum''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is a poetic name for a god or goddess, a dweller in heaven, in Virgil, Ovid and Valerius Flaccus, and Virgil also uses it as an adjective.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Juvenal has the genitive ''caelicolārum''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) In the Theodosian and Justinian codes ''caelicolae'' are worshippers of the heavens, a sect.^(Lewis & Short 1879) In Christian and Medieval Latin it means an angel, and also a monk;^(Niermeyer 1976) in British sources it is also used of the Culdees.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius, of the gods.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil, of a god and as an adjective.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 67–c. 127 AD – Juvenal has the genitive plural ''caelicolārum''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # An inhabitant of heaven, a [[m|en|god]] or [[m|en|goddess]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(Late Latin)'' A worshipper of the heavens.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' An [[m|en|angel]]; a monk.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ===Adjective===

+ # Dwelling in heaven.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[caelum#2]]

+ * [[colō#1]]

+ * [[incola]]

+ * [[agricola]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}