clausus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →clausus, clausa, clausum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
closed, inaccessible (places); impervious to feeling; shut/locked in, enclosed;
nom. sg. (m.) - Entry →claudeo, claudere, clausi, clausus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
limp, stumble/falter/hesitate; be weak/imperfect, fall short; be lame, hobble;
nom. sg. perf. pass. part. - Entry →claudo, claudere, clausi, clausus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
close, shut, block up; conclude, finish; blockade, besiege; enclose; confine;; limp, stumble/falter/hesitate; be weak/imperfect, fall short; be lame, hobble;
nom. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Satura X
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...orbis, aestuat infelix angusto limite mundi ut Gyarae clausus scopulis paruaque Seripho; cum tamen a figulis munitam intrauerit..."Satura VI
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...ematur. mense quidem brumae, cum iam mercator Iason clausus et armatis obstat casa candida nautis, grandia tolluntur crystallina..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...potest? Luxuriae ructu Martis marcent moenia. Tuo palato clausus pavo pascitur plumato amictus aureo Babylonico, gallina tibi Numidica..."
Liber Primus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...neque monstra per urbes ulla: Cleonaeo iam tempora clausus hiatu Alcides, olim Lernae defensus ab angue Arcas..."
Liber Tertius
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...procerum perferre, sed atra sede tegi, et superum clausus negat acta fateri (te pudor et curae retinent..."
Liber Secundus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...vastator docte ferarum,non grege Massylo curvaque indagine clausus,non formidato supra venabula saltuincitus aut caeco foveae deceptus..."Aeneid X
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...femur perstrinxit Achatae. Hic Curibus fidens primaevo corpore Clausus advenit et rigida Dryopem ferit eminus hasta sub mentum..."Hannibal
Cornelius Nepos
"...Romanus, in agro Falerno ei se obiecit. Hic clausus locorum angustiis noctu sine ullo detrimento exercitus se expedivit..."
