clava

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See also: clavá and clavà

English

Noun

clava (plural clavas)

  1. Synonym of gracile tubercle
  2. (entomology) The fused distal segments of the antenna of a chalcid wasp.
    Synonym: club

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Asturian

Verb

clava

  1. inflection of clavar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Catalan

Pronunciation

Verb

clava

  1. inflection of clavar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin clāva (“club”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkla.va/
  • Rhymes: -ava
  • Hyphenation: clà‧va

Noun

clava f (plural clave)

  1. club
  2. (sports) Indian club

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *klāwā, from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂- (“to beat, break”). Cognate with Latin clādes, percellō, gladius.

Pronunciation

Noun

clāva f (genitive clāvae); first declension

  1. a club, cudgel

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative clāva clāvae
Genitive clāvae clāvārum
Dative clāvae clāvīs
Accusative clāvam clāvās
Ablative clāvā clāvīs
Vocative clāva clāvae

Related terms

References

  • “clava”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “clava”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • clava 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)
  • clava in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “clava”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “clava”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin clāva (“club”).

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Rhymes: -avɐ, (Northern Portugal) -abɐ
  • Hyphenation: cla‧va

Noun

clava f (plural clavas)

  1. club (weapon)
    Synonyms: porrete, cacete, maça

Spanish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin clāva (“club”).

Noun

clava f (plural clavas)

  1. club (weapon)
    Synonyms: cachiporra, porra, maza

Etymology 2

Verb

clava

  1. inflection of clavar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

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