LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective

clāvifōrmis

clāvifōrmis (neuter clāvifōrme)

Meaning

  1. two terminationclaviform
    Caryophyllum, i; n. g. Rucl. […] nusic folium, arbori frutex vel potius flos.Angl. Clove, dict. quia claviformis.1677, Thomas C. Holyoke, Lexicon philologicum, et dictionarium etymologicum:
    Versus apicem crassior, claviformis; clava sub-acuminata : […]1775, Pehr Forsskal, Carsten Niebuhr, “Flora Aegyptiaco-Arabica. Sive descriptiones plantarum,...”, in Descriptiones animalium, avium, amphibiorum, piscium, ..., page 131:

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeclāvifōrmisclāvifōrmisclāvifōrme
genitiveclāvifōrmisclāvifōrmisclāvifōrmis
dativeclāvifōrmīclāvifōrmīclāvifōrmī
accusativeclāvifōrmemclāvifōrmemclāvifōrme
ablativeclāvifōrmīclāvifōrmīclāvifōrmī
vocativeclāvifōrmisclāvifōrmisclāvifōrme
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeclāvifōrmēsclāvifōrmēsclāvifōrmia
genitiveclāvifōrmiumclāvifōrmiumclāvifōrmium
dativeclāvifōrmibusclāvifōrmibusclāvifōrmibus
accusativeclāvifōrmīs
clāvifōrmēs		clāvifōrmīs
clāvifōrmēs		clāvifōrmia
ablativeclāvifōrmibusclāvifōrmibusclāvifōrmibus
vocativeclāvifōrmēsclāvifōrmēsclāvifōrmia

Origins

Attested since 1677, apparently in the sense "nail-shaped, clove-shaped" (documented in glossaries since at least 1810), from clavus. The sense "club-shaped" (from clava) is documented since at least 1805, and the sense "key-shaped" (from clavis) since at least 1844.

In English words that came into English from clāvifōrmis

  • claviformclāvifōrmis

Quick answers

What does clāvifōrmis mean in Latin?
clāvifōrmis, a adjective, means “claviform”.