Clemens

See also: clemens

English

Etymology

From Late Latin Clēmens (genitive Clēmentis), name of early saints and popes, from clēmens (“merciful”). Doublet of Clement and San Clemente.

Proper noun

Clemens

1. A surname.
   • 1910 April 22, “Mark Twain is Dead at 74”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     Albert Bigelow Paine, his biographer to be and literary executor, who has been constantly with him, said that for the last year at least Mr. Clemens had been weary of life. When Richard Watson Gilder died, he said: "How fortunate he is. No good fortune of that kind ever comes to me."

2. A male given name, equivalent to English Clement.

Derived terms

• Mount Clemens

German

Alternative forms

• Klemens

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkleːmɛns]

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• Hyphenation: Cle‧mens

Proper noun

Clemens

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Clement

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkleː.mens/, [ˈkɫ̪eːmẽːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkle.mens/, [ˈklɛːmens]

Proper noun

Clēmens m sg (genitive Clēmentis); third declension

1. A Roman cognomen
2. a male given name

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Clēmens
genitive	Clēmentis
dative	Clēmentī
accusative	Clēmentem
ablative	Clēmente
vocative	Clēmens

Descendants

• English: Clement, Clemens
• German: Clemens