claustra

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English

Noun

claustra

  1. plural of claustrum

French

Pronunciation

Verb

claustra

  1. third-person singular past historic of claustrer

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From claudō (I close, shut up).

Pronunciation

Noun

claustra n pl (genitive claustrōrum); second declension

  1. A lock, bar, bolt
  2. A gate, entrance
  3. A barricade, bulwark
  4. 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
plural
nominative claustra
genitive claustrōrum
dative claustrīs
accusative claustra
ablative claustrīs
vocative claustra

Noun

claustra

  1. 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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French claustrer.

Verb

a claustra (third-person singular present claustrează, past participle claustrat) 1st conj.

  1. to confine

Conjugation