claustra
English
Noun
claustra
- plural of claustrum
French
Pronunciation
- Homophones: claustras, claustrât
Verb
claustra
- third-person singular past historic of claustrer
Latin
Alternative forms
- clōstra
Etymology
From claudō (“I close, shut up”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈklau̯s.tra/, [ˈkɫ̪äu̯s̠t̪rä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈklau̯s.tra/, [ˈkläu̯st̪rä]
Noun
claustra n pl (genitive claustrōrum); second declension
- A lock, bar, bolt
- A gate, entrance
- A barricade, bulwark
- A hindrance
Usage notes
This word almost always appears in the plural, and only very rarely in the singular.
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.
| Case | Plural |
|---|---|
| Nominative | claustra |
| Genitive | claustrōrum |
| Dative | claustrīs |
| Accusative | claustra |
| Ablative | claustrīs |
| Vocative | claustra |
Related terms
- claudō
- claustrum
- clausula
- clausum
- clausus
Noun
claustra
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural of claustrum
References
- “claustra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “claustra”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- claustra 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)
- claustra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to break down the gates: claustra portarum revellere
- (ambiguous) to break down the gates: claustra portarum revellere
Romanian
Etymology
From French claustrer.
Verb
a claustra (third-person singular present claustrează, past participle claustrat) 1st conj.
- to confine
Conjugation
conjugation of claustra (first conjugation, -ez- infix)
| infinitive | a claustra | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | claustrând | ||||||
| past participle | claustrat | ||||||
| number | singular | plural | |||||
| person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |
| indicative | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
| present | claustrez | claustrezi | claustrează | claustrăm | claustrați | claustrează | |
| imperfect | claustram | claustrai | claustra | claustram | claustrați | claustrau | |
| simple perfect | claustrai | claustrași | claustră | claustrarăm | claustrarăți | claustrară | |
| pluperfect | claustrasem | claustraseși | claustrase | claustraserăm | claustraserăți | claustraseră | |
| subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
| present | să claustrez | să claustrezi | să claustreze | să claustrăm | să claustrați | să claustreze | |
| imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
| affirmative | claustrează | claustrați | |||||
| negative | nu claustra | nu claustrați | |||||