clerus

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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

  1. clergy

Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun.

Case 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]

  • Catalan: clero
  • German: Klerus
  • Italian: clero
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: crero
  • Romanian: cler
  • Spanish: clero

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