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caelifer

caelifer, supporting the heavens

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

caelifer , era, erum: adj. (caelum and ferō), heaven-bearing, sky-bearing, 6.796.
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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