clericus
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek κληρικός (klērikós, “(adj. in church jargon) of the clergy”), from κλῆρος (klêros, “the clergy, what is allotted, a lot, inheritance, originally a shard used in casting lots”).
Noun
[edit]clēricus m (genitive clēricī); second declension
- (Late Latin) a priest, clergyman or clergywoman, cleric
- (Late Latin) a learned man, clerk
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | clēricus | clēricī |
| genitive | clēricī | clēricōrum |
| dative | clēricō | clēricīs |
| accusative | clēricum | clēricōs |
| ablative | clēricō | clēricīs |
| vocative | clērice | clēricī |
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Italo-Romance:
- Italian: chierico
- North-Italian
- Piedmontese: ciri
- Gallo-Romance:
- Borrowings:
References
[edit]- “clericus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- clericus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- clericus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- “clerk”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.