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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek κληρικός (klērikós, “(adj. in church jargon) of the clergy”), from κλῆρος (klêros, “the clergy, what is allotted, a lot, inheritance, originally a shard used in casting lots”).
Noun
clēricus m (genitive clēricī); second declension
- (Late Latin) a priest, clergyman or clergywoman, cleric
- (Late Latin) a learned man, clerk
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Descendants
- Italo-Romance:
- North-Italian
- Gallo-Romance:
- Borrowings:
References
- “clericus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- clericus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- clericus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- “clerk”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.