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
- containing a multitude, numerous, frequent
- crowded, populous
- 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
- celebrescō
- celebritās
- celebriter
- celebrō
Descendants
- French: célèbre
- Italian: celebre
- Portuguese: célebre
- Romanian: celebru
- Spanish: célebre
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