Sclavus

See also: sclavus

Latin

Alternative forms

• Slavus

Etymology

Late and Medieval Latin; from Byzantine Greek Σκλάβος (Sklábos); see that entry for more.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈskla.u̯us/, [ˈs̠kɫ̪äu̯ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈskla.vus/, [ˈskläːvus]

Noun

Sclavus m (genitive Sclavī, feminine Sclava); second declension

1. a Slav
   • 1489 — ARec 1236 (published in the Słownik Staropolskich Nazw Osobowych, under the name Sclawus)

     In causa […] Nicolai Sclavi, seruitoris burse Vngarorum […]

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine		Masculine	Feminine
Nominative	Sclavus	Sclava		Sclavī	Sclavae
Genitive	Sclavī	Sclavae		Sclavōrum	Sclavārum
Dative	Sclavō			Sclavīs	Sclavīs
Accusative	Sclavum	Sclavam		Sclavōs	Sclavās
Ablative	Sclavō	Sclavā		Sclavīs	Sclavīs
Vocative	Sclave	Sclava		Sclavī	Sclavae

Derived terms

• sclavus

Related terms

• Sclava

Descendants

• Aromanian: shcljau
• Asturian: eslavu
• Catalan: eslau
• English: Slav
• French: slave
• Friulian: sclâf

• Italian: slavo
• Portuguese: eslavo
• Romanian: slav, șcheau
• Spanish: eslavo
• Venetian: slavo