different between cladus vs clavus

English

Etymology

From a New Latin form of Ancient Greek ?????? (kládos, “branch”). Doublet of clade.

Noun

cladus (plural cladi)

1. (botany) A branch of a ramose spicule, which collectively form the cladome.

Anagrams

• Dulacs

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cl?vus (“a nail”). Doublet of clove.

Noun

clavus (plural clavuses or clavi)

1. A callous growth, especially on the foot; a corn.
   • 1988, Shepard R. Hurwitz, Foot and ankle pain (page 331)

     In a review of over 1000 interdigital clavuses, 65% were found in the fourth interspace, while the first and third web space clavuses were found in 17% and 16% of the patients respectively […]

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *kl?wos, from Proto-Indo-European *kleh?u- (“nail, pin, hook - instruments, of old use for locking doors”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ????? (kleís, “key”) and Old Church Slavonic ????? (klju??, “key”). Latin cl?vis (“key”) is either a secondary i-stem derivation, or a loanword from Ancient Greek ????? (kl??s).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?kla?.u?us/, [?k??ä?u?os?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?kla.vus/, [?kl??vus]

Noun

cl?vus m (genitive cl?v?); second declension

1. a nail (metal spike)
2. rudder
3. helm (of a boat)
4. purple stripe on the tunic
5. callus, wart, tumor

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

References

• clavus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• clavus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• clavus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• clavus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• clavus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• clavus in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin