claviger

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Latin claviger, from clava (“club”) + gerere (“to carry”). ==== Noun ==== claviger (plural clavigers) One who carries a club; a club bearer. (entomology) A group within genus Lasius (formerly considered a subgenera Acanthomyops) of bright yellow to orange species of ant that have 3 maxillary palps and give off a distinctive citronella odor when disturbed. The group name comes from their club-shaped palps. (entomology) A species of mosquito, Anopheles claviger. ===== Derived terms ===== clavigerous === Etymology 2 === From Latin clāviger, from clāvis (“key”) + gerere (“to carry”). ==== Noun ==== claviger (plural clavigers) One who carries the keys to a place; a keyholder. === Anagrams === cavegirl == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkɫaː.wɪ.ɡɛr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈklaː.vi.d͡ʒer] === Etymology 1 === From clāva (“club, cudgel”) + -ger (“bearing”). ==== Adjective ==== clāviger (feminine clāvigera, neuter clāvigerum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er) club-bearing ===== Usage notes ===== Used especially as an epithet of Hercules. ===== Declension ===== First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er). ===== Related terms ===== clāva === Etymology 2 === From clāvis (“key”) + -ger (“bearing”). ==== Noun ==== clāviger m (genitive clāvigerī); second declension the key-bearer ===== Usage notes ===== Used especially as an epithet of Janus, god of doors. ===== Declension ===== Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er). ===== Related terms ===== clāvicārius clāvicula clāvis === References === “clāvĭger1”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “clāvĭger2”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “claviger”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “claviger”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “claviger”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers