claudus
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Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From some extension of *kelh₂- (“to strike, cut”), leading to derivatives meaning "broken or cut off," see also Russian колдыка (koldyka, “lame”) and Ancient Greek κολοβός (kolobós, “curtailed, broken”); the root is also the ultimate source of English halt.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈklau̯.dus/, [ˈkɫ̪äu̯d̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈklau̯.dus/, [ˈkläːu̯d̪us]
Adjective[edit]
claudus (feminine clauda, neuter claudum); first/second-declension adjective
- limping, halting, lame, crippled
- Synonym: dēbilis
- (figurative, rare, usually poetic) wavering, imperfect, defective
- (figurative) halting, wavering, uncertain, untrustworthy
Inflection[edit]
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | claudus | clauda | claudum | claudī | claudae | clauda | |
Genitive | claudī | claudae | claudī | claudōrum | claudārum | claudōrum | |
Dative | claudō | claudō | claudīs | ||||
Accusative | claudum | claudam | claudum | claudōs | claudās | clauda | |
Ablative | claudō | claudā | claudō | claudīs | |||
Vocative | claude | clauda | claudum | claudī | claudae | clauda |
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “claudus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “claudus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- claudus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- claudus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ^ Gibbs, The formation of Teutonic words in the English language