claustra

English

Noun

claustra

1. plural of claustrum

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French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: claustras, claustrât

Verb

claustra

1. third-person singular past historic of claustrer

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Latin

Alternative forms

• clōstra

Etymology

From claudō (“I close, shut up”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈklau̯s.tra/, [ˈkɫ̪äu̯s̠t̪rä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈklau̯s.tra/, [ˈkläu̯st̪rä]

Noun

claustra n pl (genitive claustrōrum); second declension

1. A lock, bar, bolt
2. A gate, entrance
3. A barricade, bulwark
4. A hindrance

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	claustra
Genitive	claustrōrum
Dative	claustrīs
Accusative	claustra
Ablative	claustrīs
Vocative	claustra

Usage notes

This word almost always appears in the plural, and only very rarely in the singular.

Related terms

• claudō
• claustrum
• clausula
• clausum
• clausus

Noun

(deprecated template usage) claustra

1. nominative plural of claustrum
2. accusative plural of claustrum
3. vocative plural of claustrum

References

• “claustra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “claustra”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• claustra 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)
• claustra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to break down the gates: claustra portarum revellere