English → Latin
“clause” in Latin
commaa comma (a division, member, or section of a period smaller than a colon); a comma (a mark of punctuation); a caesuraincidōto fall or drop; to fall upon, meet, come upon (by chance), happen on, fall in with; to fall upon, attack, assaultincīsiōcutting into, incision.; a pause in a verse, caesuramembrumlimb of the body; member.; the penis (membrum virīle); a portion, divisionclausulaconclusion, close, end; the close of a period; the conclusion of a legal formulacaputthe head (of humans and animals); head; top; summit; point; end; extremity (beginning or end); origin; source; spring; hcomprehēnsiōa seizing, taking hold of, catching; arrest, apprehension; a comprehension, perception, idea, understanding; an expressiēnūntiātiōdeclaration, enunciation, proposition, assertion; phrase, expression; specificationēnūntiōto say, reveal or disclose; to report, express or declareexceptiōAn exception or objection in law.; An exception, restriction, limitation.
The English word clause itself goes back to Latin claudō, through clausa.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
clause
member of a sentence, comma (technical term, but written in Greek characters by Cic. and Quint.), or pure Latin, incisum: incisio (both Cic.: smaller portion): membrum (larger portion): clausula (in jurists, a clause, chapter, etc., in edicts, laws, etc): caput (head, chapter): comprehensio (period): enuntiatio, enuntiatum (sentence). To add a clause to a law that, etc., ad legem adjicere, ut, etc.
Limitation, exceptio.
Condition. conditio.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for clause?
- The usual Latin words for “clause” are comma, incidō, incīsiō; also membrum, clausula, caput. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.