clausula

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin clausula. === Noun === clausula (plural clausulae) (music) The conclusion of a passage; cadence. The close or end of a historical period; clause. ==== Synonyms ==== (music): cadence ==== Related terms ==== == Latin == === Etymology === From clausus +‎ -ula, perfect passive participle of claudō (“shut, close”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkɫau̯.sʊ.ɫa] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈklaːu̯.su.la] === Noun === clausula f (genitive clausulae); first declension conclusion, close, end (rhetoric) the close of a period (law) the conclusion of a legal formula ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== claudō clausūra clausus ==== Descendants ==== === References === “clausula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “clausula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "clausula", 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) “clausula”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “clausula”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly