claudus
Alternative forms
Etymology
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
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈklau̯.dus/, [ˈkɫ̪äu̯d̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈklau̯.dus/, [ˈkläːu̯d̪us]
Adjective
claudus (feminine clauda, neuter claudum); first/second-declension adjective
- limping, halting, lame, crippled [ synonym ▲][ quotations ▼]
- Synonym: dēbilis
- (figurative, rare, usually poetic) wavering, imperfect, defective
- (figurative) halting, wavering, uncertain, untrustworthy
Inflection
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |