clava
English edit
Noun edit
clava (plural clavas)
- Synonym of gracile tubercle
- (entomology) The fused distal segments of the antenna of a chalcid wasp.
- Synonym: club
Anagrams edit
Asturian edit
Verb edit
clava
- inflection of clavar:
Catalan edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
clava
- inflection of clavar:
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin clāva (“club”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
clava f (plural clave)
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Italic *klāwā, from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂- (“to beat, break”). Cognate with Latin clādes, percellō, gladius.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈklaː.u̯a/, [ˈkɫ̪äːu̯ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkla.va/, [ˈkläːvä]
Noun edit
clāva f (genitive clāvae); first declension
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | clāva | clāvae |
Genitive | clāvae | clāvārum |
Dative | clāvae | clāvīs |
Accusative | clāvam | clāvās |
Ablative | clāvā | clāvīs |
Vocative | clāva | clāvae |
Related terms edit
References edit
- “clava”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “clava”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- clava 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)
- clava in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “clava”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “clava”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin clāva (“club”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
clava f (plural clavas)
Spanish edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Latin clāva (“club”).
Noun edit
clava f (plural clavas)
- club (weapon)
- Synonyms: cachiporra, porra, maza
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
clava
- inflection of clavar:
Further reading edit
- “clava”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014