claudo, claudere, clausi, clausus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · variant: 1st · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
close, shut, block up; conclude, finish; blockade, besiege; enclose; confine;
Conjugations
Finite Forms
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | claudo | claudimus |
| 2 | claudis | clauditis |
| 3 | claudit | claudunt |
Infinitives
| Voice | Tense | Forms |
|---|---|---|
| active | present | claudere |
| active | perfect | clausisse |
| passive | present | claudi |
Imperatives
active
present
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | claude | claudite |
future
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | claudito | clauditote |
| 3 | claudito | claudunto |
passive
present
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | claudere | claudimini |
future
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | clauditor | — |
| 3 | clauditor | clauduntor |
Participles
Perfect Passive Participle
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | clausus | clausi |
| Gen. | clausi | clausorum |
| Dat. | clauso | — |
| Acc. | clausum | clausos |
| Voc. | clause | clausi |
| Abl. | clauso | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | clausa | clausae |
| Gen. | clausae | clausarum |
| Dat. | clausae | — |
| Acc. | clausam | clausas |
| Voc. | clausa | clausae |
| Abl. | clausa | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | clausum | clausa |
| Gen. | clausi | clausorum |
| Dat. | clauso | — |
| Acc. | clausum | clausa |
| Voc. | clausum | clausa |
| Abl. | clauso | — |
Supines
accusative: clausum; ablative: clausu
Examples
Asinaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...tamen, tu nempe eos asinos praedicas vetulos, claudos, quibus subtritae ad femina iam erant ungulae? LEON. Ipsos..."Libri XI-XIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...maior! Quid si miretur velocitatem suam Ladas ad claudos debilesque respiciens? Illa vel intactae segetis per summa volaret..."XI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...mihi pro hoc redditis, leges? ubi respiro, ubi claudo gemitus, unde sumo solacium? bene, bene admones, dolor: illos..."Epistola ad Caesarem II
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust) from SPURIA
"...decebat, servitio obpressere, nequicquam eo postea hebeti atque claudo, pro exercito uti volunt: nam imprudentia pleraque..."