claudus

== Latin == === Alternative forms === clūdus, clōdus === 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. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkɫau̯.dʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈklaːu̯.dus] === Adjective === claudus (feminine clauda, neuter claudum); first/second-declension adjective limping, halting, lame, crippled Synonyms: dēbilis, (Grecism) dexiochōlus (figurative, rare, usually poetic) wavering, imperfect, defective (figurative) halting, wavering, uncertain, untrustworthy ==== Inflection ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “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, 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.