Sclavus

Latin

Alternative forms

• Slavus

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek Σκλάβος (Sklábos), probably from earlier Σλαβῆνος (Slabēnos), from plural Σλαβῆνοι (Slabēnoi), from Proto-Slavic *slověne (plural; the singular form (Proto-Slavic *slověninŭ is derived from it).

Noun

Sclavus (genitive Sclavī); m, 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 […]

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	Sclavus	Sclavī
genitive	Sclavī	Sclavōrum
dative	Sclavō	Sclavīs
accusative	Sclavum	Sclavōs
ablative	Sclavō	Sclavīs
vocative	Sclave	Sclavī

Derived terms

• sclavus

Related terms

• Sclava

Descendants

Aromanian: shcljau Catalan: eslau English: Slav French: slave

Italian: slavo Portuguese: eslavo Romanian: slav, șchiau Spanish: eslavo