Clavius

Translingual

Etymology

After Christopher Clavius, Latinization of a German name, such as Klau, or from Latin clavis (literally “key”), a calque of a name such as Schlüssel or Nagel.

Proper noun

Clavius

1. Clavius Crater.

References

• James M. Lattis (2010) Between Copernicus and Galileo: Christoph Clavius and the Collapse of Ptolemaic Cosmology, University of Chicago Press, page 13

English

Etymology

After Christopher Clavius, Latinization of a German name, from Latin clavis (literally “key”).

Proper noun

Clavius

1. Ellipsis of Clavius Crater.

Further reading

• Clavius (crater) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia