Latin

Alternative forms

• clūdō

Verb

claudō ‎(present infinitive claudere, perfect active clausī, supine clausum); third conjugation

1. I shut, close
2. I imprison, confine
3. I besiege, blockade
4. I limit, restrict

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Etymology 2

Alternative form of claudeō ‎(“limp”), from claudus ‎(“limping; lame”).

Alternative forms

• claudeō

Verb

claudō ‎(present infinitive claudere, supine clausum); third conjugation, no perfect

1. Alternative form of claudeō

Inflection

• Third conjugation, but with no perfect conjugation.

References

• claudo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• claudo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “claudo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to turn a deaf ear to, to open one's ears to..: aures claudere, patefacere (e.g. veritati, assentatoribus)
    
  • (ambiguous) to open, shut the door: ostium, fores aperire, claudere
    
  • (ambiguous) to bring up the rear: agmen claudere, cogere
    
  • (ambiguous) to besiege a city: oppidum obsidione claudere