claviger

English

Etymology 1

Latin , from clava (“club”) + gerere (“to carry”).

Noun

claviger (plural clavigers)

  1. One who carries a club; a club bearer.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Latin , from clavis (“key”) + gerere (“to carry”).

Noun

claviger (plural clavigers)

  1. One who carries the keys to a place; a keyholder.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for claviger in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈklaː.wi.ɡer/, [ˈkɫaː.wɪ.ɡɛr]

Etymology 1

clāva (“club, cudgel”) +‎ -ger (“bearing”)

Adjective

clāviger (feminine clāvigera, neuter clāvigerum); first/second declension

  1. club-bearing
Usage notes

Used especially as an epithet of Hercules.

Inflection

First/second declension, nominative masculine singular in -er.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
nominative clāviger clāvigera clāvigerum clāvigerī clāvigerae clāvigera
genitive clāvigerī clāvigerae clāvigerī clāvigerōrum clāvigerārum clāvigerōrum
dative clāvigerō clāvigerō clāvigerīs
accusative clāvigerum clāvigeram clāvigerum clāvigerōs clāvigerās clāvigera
ablative clāvigerō clāvigerā clāvigerō clāvigerīs
vocative clāviger clāvigera clāvigerum clāvigerī clāvigerae clāvigera

Etymology 2

clāvis (“key”) +‎ -ger (“bearing”)

Noun

clāviger m (genitive clāvigerī); second declension

  1. the key-bearer
Usage notes

Used especially as an epithet of Janus, god of doors.

Inflection

Second declension, nominative singular in -er.

Case Singular Plural
nominative clāviger clāvigerī
genitive clāvigerī clāvigerōrum
dative clāvigerō clāvigerīs
accusative clāvigerum clāvigerōs
ablative clāvigerō clāvigerīs
vocative clāviger1 clāvigerī

1May also be clāvigere.

References

  • clāvĭger1 in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • clāvĭger2 in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • claviger in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • claviger in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • claviger in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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