clausula
See also: cláusula and Clausula
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin clausula.
Noun
clausula (plural clausulae)
- (music) The conclusion of a passage; cadence.
- The close or end of a historical period; clause.
Synonyms
- (music): cadence
Latin
Etymology
From clausus + -ula, perfect passive participle of claudō (“shut, close”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈklau̯.su.la/, [ˈkɫ̪äu̯s̠ʊɫ̪ä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈklau̯.su.la/, [ˈkläːu̯sulä]
Noun
clausula f (genitive clausulae); first declension
- conclusion, close, end
- (rhetoric) the close of a period
- (law) the conclusion of a legal formula
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | clausula | clausulae |
| Genitive | clausulae | clausulārum |
| Dative | clausulae | clausulīs |
| Accusative | clausulam | clausulās |
| Ablative | clausulā | clausulīs |
| Vocative | clausula | clausulae |
Related terms
- claudō
- clausūra
- clausus
Descendants
- → Catalan: clàusula (learned)
- → English: clausula
- → German: Klausel
- → Irish: clásal
- → Portuguese: cláusula (learned)
- → Spanish: cláusula (learned)
References
- “clausula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “clausula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- clausula 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)
- clausula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “clausula”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly