clausula

See also: cláusula and Clausula

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin clausula.

Noun

clausula (plural clausulae)

1. (music) The conclusion of a passage; cadence.
2. The close or end of a historical period; clause.

Synonyms

• (music): cadence

Latin

Etymology

From clausus +‎ -ula, perfect passive participle of claudō (“shut, close”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈklau̯.su.la/, [ˈkɫ̪äu̯s̠ʊɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈklau̯.su.la/, [ˈkläːu̯sulä]

Noun

clausula f (genitive clausulae); first declension

1. conclusion, close, end
2. (rhetoric) the close of a period
3. (law) the conclusion of a legal formula

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	clausula	clausulae
Genitive	clausulae	clausulārum
Dative	clausulae	clausulīs
Accusative	clausulam	clausulās
Ablative	clausulā	clausulīs
Vocative	clausula	clausulae

Related terms

• claudō
• clausūra
• clausus

Descendants

• → Catalan: clàusula (learned)
• → English: clausula
• → Dutch: clausule
• → French: clausule
• → German: Klausel
• → Italian: clausola
• → Irish: clásal
• → Portuguese: cláusula (learned)
• → Romanian: clauzulă
• → Spanish: cláusula (learned)

References

• “clausula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “clausula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• clausula 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)
• clausula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “clausula”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly