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Latin
Etymology
From claudus (“limping, lame”) + -eō.
Pronunciation
Verb
claudeō (present infinitive claudēre); second conjugation, no perfect or supine stem
- to limp; to be lame
- to falter, stumble
Conjugation
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References
- “claudeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “claudeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- claudeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to turn a deaf ear to, to open one's ears to..: aures claudere, patefacere (e.g. veritati, assentatoribus)
- (ambiguous) to open, shut the door: ostium, fores aperire, claudere
- (ambiguous) to bring up the rear: agmen claudere, cogere
- (ambiguous) to besiege a city: oppidum obsidione claudere