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clarus

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Etymology

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    Derived from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (“to call, shout”), probably via Proto-Indo-European *kl̥h₁rós and Proto-Italic *klāros (“loud”), containing the suffix *-ros (compare Latin -er postconsonantally).[1]

    Doublet of calō, clāmō, classis, and concilium. Cognate with Ancient Greek καλέω (kaléō) and particularly German hell (“clear, bright”).

    Pronunciation

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    Adjective

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    clārus (feminine clāra, neuter clārum, comparative clārior, superlative clārissimus, adverb clārē); first/second-declension adjective

    1. clear, bright
      Synonym: lūcidus
      Antonyms: obscūrus, opācus
    2. renowned, famous, famed, distinguished, illustrious, celebrated, glorious
      Synonyms: fāmōsus, praeclārus, inclitus, celeber, memorātus
      • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 1.549–550:
        “Sunt et Siculīs regiōnibus urbēs
        arvaque, Troiānōque ā sanguine clārus Acestēs.”
        “There are also, in the land of Sicily, cities and farms [for us], and [where, born] from Trojan blood, [reigns] the famed Acestes.”
    3. upstanding, respected
    4. loud, clear, distinct, audible

    Declension

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    First/second-declension adjective.

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative clārus clāra clārum clārī clārae clāra
    genitive clārī clārae clārī clārōrum clārārum clārōrum
    dative clārō clārae clārō clārīs
    accusative clārum clāram clārum clārōs clārās clāra
    ablative clārō clārā clārō clārīs
    vocative clāre clāra clārum clārī clārae clāra

    Derived terms

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    Descendants

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    References

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    1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “clārus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 117–118

    Further reading

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    • “clarus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “clarus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • "clarus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • “clarus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
      • to become famous, distinguish oneself: clarum fieri, nobilitari, illustrari (not the post-classical clarescere or inclarescere
      • a good,[1] brilliant example; a striking example: exemplum clarum, praeclarum
      • a strong, loud voice: vox magna, clara (Sulla 10. 30)
      • men of rank and dignity: viri clari et honorati (De Sen. 7. 22)
    • “clarus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • clarus in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
    • “clarus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
    • “clarus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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