The corpus record — Latin

Caelius

Caelius · m

A Roman gentile name

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Where it lives

Pro M. Caelio 48 · 56.68/10k
Dialogus de Oratoribus 7 · 7.53/10k
Helius 1 · 6.97/10k
Commodus Antoninus 2 · 5.77/10k
Commentariolum Petitionis 2 · 4.61/10k
De vita Hadriani 2 · 3.9/10k
Divus Vespasianus 1 · 3.13/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 26-30 - 29 3 · 2.44/10k
Tiberius 2 · 2.2/10k
De Divinatione 6 · 2.18/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 21-25 - 21 3 · 1.93/10k
Pro L. Flacco 2 · 1.83/10k

Densest 12 of 56 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

Caelĭus — Lewis & Short

Caelĭus (Coel-), i, m.

I A Roman gentile name.

A The orator M. Caelius Rufus, for whom Cicero made an oration, and whose letters to Cicero are contained in the 8th book of the Epp. ad Famil.; Cic. Brut. 79, 273; Caes. B. C. 3, 20 sqq.; Vell. 2, 68, 1; Sen. Ira, 3, 8, 4; Quint. 10, 1, 115; v. Teuffel, Röm. Litt. § 206, 5 sqq.—Hence, Caelĭānus, a, um, adj., Cœlian: orationes, Tac. Or. 21.—

B L. Caelius Antipater, a distinguished historian and jurist in the time of the Gracchi, and teacher of Crassus, Cic. Brut. 26, 102; id. de Or. 2, 12, 53; id. Leg. 1, 2, 6.—Hence, Caelĭāna, ōrum, n., the writings of Cœlius, Cic. Att. 13, 8; v. Teuffel. Röm. Litt. § 142.—

C C. Caelius Caldus, an orator, contemporary with Crassus, Cic. de Or. 1, 25, 117; id. Planc. 21, 52; id. Leg. 3, 16, 36.—

D Caelius Aurelianus, a physician of the post - classic period, v. Teuffel, Röm. Litt. § 456.—

II Caelius Mons, the Cœlian Hill at Rome, south of Palatinus, and east of Aventinus, named after the Tuscan Caeles Vibenna (pure Etrusc. Kaile Fipne), now the Lateran Mount, Varr L. L. 5, § 46 Müll.; Cic. Rep. 2, 18, 33; id. Off. 3, 16, 66; Tac. A. 4, 65.—Called Caelius Major, Mart. 12, 18, 16; cf. Caeliolus.—The soldiers of this Caeles are called Caelĭāni, Varr. L. L. 5, § 46 Müll.; cf.: CAELIANVS EXERCITVS, Inscr. Grut. 502, 1, 20.

In the wild

Caelium Tacitus, Annales 4.p65
Caelius Martial, Epigrammata 7.39.9
Caelio Cicero, Pro M. Caelio 50
Coelius Livy, Ab urbe condita 2.27.27.13
Caelio Suetonius, Divus Vespasianus 9.1
Caelii Historia Augusta, Helius 5

6 of 245 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. Caelius (scan p. 197; entry #3064).

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