claudō

claudō

From Proto-Italic *klaudō, from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂u- (“key, hook, nail”). Cognate with Ancient Greek κλείς (kleís, “bar, bolt, key”), Old High German sliozan (“to close, conclude, lock”), Old Saxon slūtan (“to close, conclude, lock”).

Alternative forms

• clūdō

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈklau̯.doː/, [ˈkɫ̪äu̯d̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈklau̯.do/, [ˈkläːu̯d̪o]

Verb

claudō (present infinitive claudere, perfect active clausī, supine clausum); third conjugation

1. to shut up, close, lock

   Synonyms: retineō, intersaepiō, interclūdō, inclūdō, operiō, premō, obserō

   Antonyms: adaperiō, aperiō, patefaciō

2. to imprison, confine

   Synonyms: comprehendo, retineo, intersaepio, includo, intercludo, arceo, impedio, urgeō, coerceō, prohibeo

3. to encompass, surround

   Synonyms: complector, amplector, stīpō, circumdō, circumveniō

4. to besiege, blockade

   Synonyms: circumveniō, circumeō, circumsistō, circumdō, obsideō, assideō, circumsaepiō, saepiō, obstruō

5. to limit, restrict

   Synonyms: delīmitō, līmitō, inclūdō, fīniō, coerceō, minuō, moderor

6. to terminate, finish, complete

   Synonyms: perficiō, dēfungor, cōnficiō, agō, cumulō, absolvō, nāvō, perpetrō, inclūdō, expleō, fungor, efficiō, patrō, conclūdō, condō, peragō, trānsigō, exsequor, gerō, impleō, exhauriō