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Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *kleiments. Equivalent to clīnō + participial suffix -menos.
Pronunciation
Adjective
clēmēns (genitive clēmentis, comparative clēmentior, superlative clēmentissimus, adverb clēmenter); third-declension one-termination adjective
- merciful, lenient
- Synonym: misericors
- Antonyms: immānis, violēns, efferus, crūdēlis, barbaricus, trux, ferōx, atrōx, silvāticus, ācer
- mild, gentle, quiet, peaceful, easy, moderate
- Synonyms: placidus, tranquillus, mitis, quietus, mollis
- Antonyms: obstreperus, clāmātōrius
- compliant
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
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References
- “clemens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “clemens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- clemens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be dogmatic; positive: pertinacem (opp. clementem) esse in disputando
- “clemens”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “clemens”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray