reclusus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of reclūdō.

Participle

reclūsus (feminine reclūsa, neuter reclūsum); first/second-declension participle

1. opened, reopened
2. disclosed, revealed

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	reclūsus	reclūsa	reclūsum		reclūsī	reclūsae	reclūsa
Genitive	reclūsī	reclūsae	reclūsī		reclūsōrum	reclūsārum	reclūsōrum
Dative	reclūsō		reclūsō		reclūsīs
Accusative	reclūsum	reclūsam	reclūsum		reclūsōs	reclūsās	reclūsa
Ablative	reclūsō	reclūsā	reclūsō		reclūsīs
Vocative	reclūse	reclūsa	reclūsum		reclūsī	reclūsae	reclūsa

Descendants

• Catalan: reclòs, → reclús
• Old French: reclus
  • → English: recluse
  • French: reclus
• Portuguese: recluso
• Spanish: recluso

References

• “reclusus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• reclusus 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)
• reclusus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.