celsus

Latin

Etymology

Participle of lost *cellō, from Proto-Indo-European *kelH-n-to-, from *kelH- (“to rise”) (whence collis, columen etc.).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkel.sus/, [ˈkɛɫ.sʊs]

Adjective

celsus (feminine celsa, neuter celsum); first/second declension

  1. lofty, high, tall
  2. haughty, arrogant, proud
  3. prominent, elevated
  4. erect
  5. noble

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative celsus celsa celsum celsī celsae celsa
Genitive celsī celsae celsī celsōrum celsārum celsōrum
Dative celsō celsae celsō celsīs celsīs celsīs
Accusative celsum celsam celsum celsōs celsās celsa
Ablative celsō celsā celsō celsīs celsīs celsīs
Vocative celse celsa celsum celsī celsae celsa

References
  • celsus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • celsus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • celsus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • celsus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • celsus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • celsus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
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