adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
angusticlāvius
angusticlāvius (feminine angusticlāvia, neuter angusticlāvium)
Classical[aŋ.ɡʊs.tɪˈkɫaː.wi.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[aŋ.ɡus.tiˈklaː.vi.us]
Meaning
- adjectivewearing a narrow purple stripe (an epithet identifying a tribune of the plebs who had to wear a purple stripe on his tunic to signify that he was not of nobility)
121 CE, Suetonius, De vita Caesarum Vita Othonis 10
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | angusticlāvius | angusticlāvia | angusticlāvium |
| genitive | angusticlāviī | angusticlāviae | angusticlāviī |
| dative | angusticlāviō | angusticlāviae | angusticlāviō |
| accusative | angusticlāvium | angusticlāviam | angusticlāvium |
| ablative | angusticlāviō | angusticlāviā | angusticlāviō |
| vocative | angusticlāvie | angusticlāvia | angusticlāvium |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | angusticlāviī | angusticlāviae | angusticlāvia |
| genitive | angusticlāviōrum | angusticlāviārum | angusticlāviōrum |
| dative | angusticlāviīs | angusticlāviīs | angusticlāviīs |
| accusative | angusticlāviōs | angusticlāviās | angusticlāvia |
| ablative | angusticlāviīs | angusticlāviīs | angusticlāviīs |
| vocative | angusticlāviī | angusticlāviae | angusticlāvia |
angustĭclāvĭus, a, um, adj. angustus-clavus,
I. wearing a narrow (purple) stripe; an epithet of a plebeian tribune, who, as a plebeian, could wear only a narrow stripe of purple on his tunic (while the tribune from the nobility had a broad stripe, v. laticlavius), Suet. Oth. 10.
Origins
Latin -i- Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w-der. Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂wos Proto-Italic *klāwos Latin clāvus Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin angusticlāvius From angustus (“narrow”) + -i- (linking vowel) + clāvus (“stripe on a tunic”) + -ius (adjective-forming suffix).
Descendants
- Frenchangusticlave