adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
claudus
claudus (feminine clauda, neuter claudum)
Classical[ˈkɫau̯.dʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈklaːu̯.dus]
Meaning
- adjectivelimping, halting, lame, crippled
Caeci vident, claudi ambulant […]
The blind see, the lame walk […]c. 347 CE – 420 CE, Hieronymus, Vulgate Matthew 11:5 - adjectivefigurativelypoeticrareusuallywavering, imperfect, defective
- adjectivefigurativelyhalting, wavering, uncertain, untrustworthy
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
quī rēctē ambulāre nōn potestclaudus -a -um — in Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, ch. 19 and Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, ch. 13
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | claudus | clauda clōda | claudum clōdum |
| genitive | claudī clōdī | claudae clōdae | claudī clōdī |
| dative | claudō clōdō | claudae clōdae | claudō clōdō |
| accusative | claudum clōdum | claudam clōdam | claudum clōdum |
| ablative | claudō clōdō | claudā clōdā | claudō clōdō |
| vocative | claude clōde | clauda clōda | claudum clōdum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | claudī clōdī | claudae clōdae | clauda clōda |
| genitive | claudōrum clōdōrum | claudārum clōdārum | claudōrum clōdōrum |
| dative | claudīs clōdīs | claudīs clōdīs | claudīs clōdīs |
| accusative | claudōs clōdōs | claudās clōdās | clauda clōda |
| ablative | claudīs clōdīs | claudīs clōdīs | claudīs clōdīs |
| vocative | claudī clōdī | claudae clōdae | clauda clōda |
claudus (clūdus, Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 64; and clōdus, Arat. Act. Apost. 266), a, um, adj. root klu-; v. claudo; prop. shut in, hampered,
I. limping, halting, lame.
I. Prop.:
sutor, Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 34: deus, Cic. N. D. 1, 30, 83: claudus altero pede, Nep. Ages. 8, 1; Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 61: pes, id. C. 3, 2, 32: pars serpentis, Verg. A. 5. 278 al.—b. Prov.:
iste claudus, quemadmodum aiunt, pilam, said of one who cannot make a right use of a thing, Cic. Pis. 28, 69.—II. Trop., wavering, crippled, imperfect, defective (rare; mostly poet.): clauda navigia aplustris, * Lucr. 4, 436; cf.:
claudae mutilataeque naves, Liv. 37, 24, 6; Curt. 9, 9, 13; Tac. A. 2, 24. —B. Esp. of language: clauda carmina alterno versu, i. e. elegies (since every second verse is a foot shorter than the preceding), Ov. Tr. 3, 1, 11:
clausulae, Quint. 9, 4, 116; cf. id. 9, 4, 70.—C. Wavering, untrustworthy:
clauda pars officii tui, Ov. P. 3, 1, 86; cf.: clauda fides, Sil. 13, 33.— No comp. or sup.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
claudus adj.
CLAV-, limping, halting, lame: deus: altero pede, N.: pes, H.: pars serpentis, V. —Prov.: claudus pilam, the lame man (holds fast) the ball.—Fig., crippled, imperfect, defective: naves, L.—Of language: carmina alterno versu, i. e. elegies (the alternate verses short), O.— Wavering, untrustworthy: pars officii tui, O.
Origins
From some extension of *kelh₂- (“to strike, cut”), leading to derivatives meaning "broken or cut off," see also Russian колдыка (koldyka, “lame”) and Ancient Greek κολοβός (kolobós, “curtailed, broken”); the root is also the ultimate source of English halt.
In English words that came into English from claudus
- claudicantclaudicans
- claudicationclaudicātiō