clerus
See also: Clerus
Latin
Etymology
From (Ecclesiastical) Ancient Greek κλῆρος (klêros, “a casting lots, drawing lots”).
Noun
clērus m (genitive clērī); second declension
- clergy
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | clērus | clērī |
| Genitive | clērī | clērōrum |
| Dative | clērō | clērīs |
| Accusative | clērum | clērōs |
| Ablative | clērō | clērīs |
| Vocative | clēre | clērī |
Related terms
- clēricus
Descendants
- Catalan: clero
- → German: Klerus
- Italian: clero
- Old Portuguese: crero
- Galician: clero
- Portuguese: clero
- Romanian: cler
- Spanish: clero
References
- “clerus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- clerus 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)
- clerus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “clerus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “clerus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin