caelifer

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

caelĭfer (coel-), ĕra, ĕrum, adj. [caelum-fero],

supporting the heavens , poet. epi. thet of Atlas, Verg. A. 6, 796.—And of Hercules: manus, Sen. Herc. Fur. 528: laudes, extolling to heaven , Mart. Cap. 6, § 637

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