clerus
See also: Clerus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From (Ecclesiastical) Ancient Greek κλῆρος (klêros, “a casting lots, drawing lots”).
Noun
[edit]clērus m (genitive clērī); second declension
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | clērus | clērī |
| genitive | clērī | clērōrum |
| dative | clērō | clērīs |
| accusative | clērum | clērōs |
| ablative | clērō | clērīs |
| vocative | clēre | clērī |
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “clerus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- clerus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- clerus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “clerus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “clerus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin