Etymology 1

Borrowed from LatinCategory:English terms borrowed from Latin#CLAVUSCategory:English terms derived from Latin#CLAVUS clāvus (“a nail”). Doublet of cloveCategory:English doublets#CLAVUS.

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• Rhymes: -eɪvəsCategory:Rhymes:English/eɪvəs#CLAVUSCategory:Rhymes:English/eɪvəs/2 syllables#CLAVUS

Etymology 2

Compare Claviceps; the young grain is malformed and club-shaped.

Etymology

From Proto-ItalicCategory:Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic#CLAVUSCategory:Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic#CLAVUS *klāwos, from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Latin terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European#CLAVUSCategory:Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#CLAVUS *kleh₂w-o-s, from *kleh₂u- (“nail, pin, hook - instruments, of old use for locking doors”).^[1] Cognate with Ancient Greek κλείς (kleís, “key”) and Old Church Slavonic ключь (ključĭ, “key”). Latin clāvis (“key”) is either a secondary i-stem derivation, or a loanword from Ancient Greek κληΐς (klēḯs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkɫaː.wʊs]Category:Latin 2-syllable words#CLAVUSCategory:Latin terms with IPA pronunciation#CLAVUS
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈklaː.vus]Category:Latin 2-syllable words#CLAVUSCategory:Latin terms with IPA pronunciation#CLAVUS

Noun

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clavus

Wikipedia ^la

clāvus m (genitive clāvī)Category:Latin lemmas#CLAVUSCategory:Latin nouns#CLAVUSCategory:Latin second declension nouns#CLAVUSCategory:Latin masculine nouns in the second declension#CLAVUSCategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#CLAVUSCategory:Latin masculine nouns#CLAVUSCategory:Pages with entries#CLAVUSCategory:Pages with 3 entries#CLAVUS; second declension

1. Category:la:Fasteners#CLAVUSa nail (metal spike)
2. rudder
3. helm (of a boat)
4. purple stripe on the tunic
5. Category:la:Medical signs and symptoms#CLAVUScallus, wart, tumor

References

Further reading

• “clavus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “clavus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "clavus", 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)
• “clavus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to hold the reins of government: clavum rei publicae tenere
    
  • to steer: clavum tenere
    

  Category:Latin words in Meissner and Auden's phrasebook
• “clavus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “clavus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
• Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911), “clavus”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 158
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “clavus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2: C Q K, page 768

Etymology

Borrowed from FrenchCategory:Romanian terms borrowed from French#CLAVUSCategory:Romanian terms derived from French#CLAVUS clavus or LatinCategory:Romanian terms borrowed from Latin#CLAVUSCategory:Romanian terms derived from Latin#CLAVUS clavus.

Noun

clavus n (plural clavusuri)Category:Romanian lemmas#CLAVUSCategory:Romanian nouns#CLAVUSCategory:Romanian nouns with red links in their headword lines#CLAVUSCategory:Romanian countable nouns#CLAVUSCategory:Romanian entries with incorrect language header#CLAVUSCategory:Romanian neuter nouns#CLAVUSCategory:Pages with entries#CLAVUSCategory:Pages with 3 entries#CLAVUS

1. clavus