classis

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin classis. Doublet of class. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈklæsɪs/ === Noun === classis (plural classes) (obsolete) A class or order; sort; type; kind. (religion) An ecclesiastical body or judicatory in certain churches, such as the Dutch Reformed Church. It is intermediate between the consistory and the synod, and corresponds to the presbytery in the Presbyterian church. (biology, taxonomy) A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below divisio and above ordo. Synonym: class === References === “classis”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin classis. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈklɑ.sɪs/ Hyphenation: clas‧sis === Noun === classis f (plural classes, no diminutive) (Protestantism) a supracongregational, regional executive body, intermediate in size or rank between the consistory of an individual congregation and a provincial synod ==== Related terms ==== klas klasse ==== Descendants ==== → Indonesian: klasis == Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *klāssis, from Proto-Indo-European *klh₁-d⁽ʰ⁾-ti- (“a call”), from *kelh₁- (“to call, shout”). Cognate with Latin calō, clāmō, clārus, concilium, Ancient Greek καλέω (kaléō). De Vaan notes that simplification of the Proto-Italic *-ss- would be expected following long *-ā-. He suggests that, semantically, the term evolved from referring to a “calling out” to a “class of soldiers being called out” to a “social class.” === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkɫas.sɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈklas.sis] === Noun === classis f (genitive classis); third declension any one of the five divisions into which Servius Tullius divided the Roman citizenry the armed forces fleet a group, rank, or class Synonyms: ōrdō, gradus, sors a class (of students) (New Latin, taxonomy) class (taxonomic rank) ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (i-stem, ablative singular in -e or occasionally -ī). ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === === Further reading === “classis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “classis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "classis", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “classis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. classis in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016 “classis”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press