cliens
Latin
Alternative forms
- cluēns
Etymology
Possibly an alteration of cluēns, present active participle of clueō (“I am called, named, esteemed”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkli.ens/, [ˈklʲiẽːs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkli.ens/, [ˈkliːens]
Noun
cliēns m or f (genitive clientis); third declension
- customer
- client, retainer, follower
- companion, favorite
- (of a nation) ally, vassal
- one under the protection of a particular deity
- cliēns Bacchī — "client of Bacchus"
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | cliēns | clientēs |
| Genitive | clientis | clientium |
| Dative | clientī | clientibus |
| Accusative | clientem | clientīs clientēs |
| Ablative | cliente | clientibus |
| Vocative | cliēns | clientēs |
Derived terms
- clienta
- clientēla
Descendants
- French: client, cliente
- Catalan: client
- Galician: cliente
- Italian: cliente
- Spanish: cliente
- → English: client
- → German: Klient
- → Russian: клие́нт (klijént)
- Portuguese: cliente
References
- “cliens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “cliens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- cliens 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)
- cliens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “cliens”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin