classis

class-is Vorlage:lat. ‘militärisches Aufgebot, Heer, Flotte, Abteilung, Klasse von Schülern’

From Proto-Italic *klāssis, from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (“to call, shout”). Cognate with Latin calō, clāmō, clārus, concilium, Ancient Greek καλέω (kaléō).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈklas.sis/, [ˈkɫ̪äs̠ːɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈklas.sis/, [ˈkläsːis]

Noun

classis f (genitive classis); third declension

1. any one of the five divisions into which Servius Tullius divided the Roman citizenry
2. the armed forces
3. fleet [ quotations ▼]
4. a group, rank, or class [ synonyms ▲]

   Synonyms: ōrdō, gradus, sors

5. a class (of students)

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem, ablative singular in -e or occasionally -ī).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	classis	classēs
Genitive	classis	classium
Dative	classī	classibus
Accusative	classem	classēs classīs
Ablative	classe classī	classibus
Vocative	classis	classēs