celeber

Latin

Etymology

Perhaps root cognate with clueo, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew-; alternatively (if the rare meaning of "swift, in rapid succession" is to be taken as primary) connected with celer (with Greek κέλλω from a root *kel-). Jackson An Etymological Dictionary of the Latin Language (1828:77).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈke.le.ber/, [ˈkɛ.ɫɛ.bɛr]

Adjective

celeber (feminine celebris, neuter celebre); third declension

  1. containing a multitude, numerous, frequent
  2. crowded, populous
  3. honored by a great assembly, famous, celebrated, renowned

Inflection

Third declension, nominative masculine singular in -er, nominative neuter singular in -e.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative celeber celebris celebre celebrēs celebrēs celebria
Genitive celebris celebris celebris celebrium celebrium celebrium
Dative celebrī celebrī celebrī celebribus celebribus celebribus
Accusative celebrem celebrem celebre celebrēs celebrēs celebria
Ablative celebrī celebrī celebrī celebribus celebribus celebribus
Vocative celeber celebris celebre celebrēs celebrēs celebria

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • celeber in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • celeber in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • celeber in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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