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clades
clades
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂- (“to beat, break”). Cognate with Proto-Celtic *kladiwos, Ancient Greek κλάδος (kládos), Proto-Balto-Slavic *kolˀ- (“to beat”) (compare Lithuanian kálti (“to hammer”), Old Church Slavonic клати (klati, “to stab”)). Related to Latin percellō, procella.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈklaː.des/, [ˈkɫaː.dɛs]
Noun
clādes f (genitive clādis); third declension
Inflection
Third declension i-stem.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | clādes | clādēs |
| genitive | clādis | clādium |
| dative | clādī | clādibus |
| accusative | clādem | clādēs |
| ablative | clāde | clādibus |
| vocative | clādes | clādēs |
References
- clades in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- clades in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- CLADES in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “clades”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to inflict a defeat on the enemy: cladem hostibus afferre, inferre
- to suffer a defeat: cladem accipere
- to inflict a defeat on the enemy: cladem hostibus afferre, inferre