different between clavis vs conclave

English

Etymology

From Latin cl?vis (“a key”). Doublet of clef.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?kle?.v?s/, /?kl?v.?s/
• Rhymes: -e?v?s

Noun

clavis (plural clavises or claves)

1. (archaeology) A Roman key.

   Synonym: key

2. A device for restraint of the hands.

   Synonym: shackles

3. A glossary.

   Synonyms: glossary, idioticon, vocabulary

4. (taxonomy) A key; an identification guide; a series of logically organized groups of discriminating information which aims to allow the user to correctly identify a taxon.

   Synonyms: identification guide, conspectus, key

Related terms

• clavichord

References

• “clavis”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Anagrams

• Slavic, cavils

Catalan

Verb

clavis

1. second-person singular present subjunctive form of clavar

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *kl?wis. Either a secondary i-stem derivation of the Proto-Indo-European *kleh?u- (“nail, pin, hook - instruments, of old use for locking doors”) which gave also Latin cl?vus (“nail”), an inherited Indo-European word originally denoting an instrument for unlocking doors, or a loanword from dialectal Ancient Greek *?????? (*kl?wís) (Classical ????? (kleís)), from the same Proto-Indo-European root.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?kla?.u?is/, [?k??ä?u??s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?kla.vis/, [?kl??vis]

Noun

cl?vis f (genitive cl?vis); third declension

1. a key
2. Ellipsis of cl?vis troch?: an instrument in the form of a key, by which a top was set in motion
3. a lever or bar for tightening a screw press

   Synonym: cl?vis torcul?r?

Usage notes

Not to be confused with cl?va (“a staff, cudgel, club”) or cl?vus (“a nail”).

Inflection

Third-declension noun (i-stem, accusative singular in -em or -im, ablative singular in -e or -?).

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

See also

• cl?va
• cl?vus

References

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

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French conclave, from Latin conclave (“room that may be locked up”), from con- (combining form of cum (“with”)) + cl?vis (“key”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /k?n.?kle?v/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?k?n.kle?v/

Noun

conclave (plural conclaves)

1. The set of apartments within which the cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church are continuously secluded while engaged in choosing a pope.
2. The group of Roman Catholic cardinals locked in a conclave until they elect a new pope; the body of cardinals.
   • February 22, 1685, Robert South, a sermon preached at Westminster Abbey

     It was said a cardinal, by reason of his apparent likelihood to step into St. Peter's chair, that in two conclaves he went in pope and came out again cardinal.

3. A private meeting; a close or secret assembly.

Derived terms

• in conclave: engaged in a secret meeting; said of a group of people.

Related terms

• clave
• clavis

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin conclave.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /ko??kla.v?/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ku??kla.b?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ko??kla.ve/

Noun

conclave m (plural conclaves)

1. conclave

   Synonym: conclau

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.klav/

Noun

conclave m (plural conclaves)

1. conclave

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin conclave.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kon?kla.ve/

Noun

conclave m (plural conclavi)

1. conclave

Derived terms

• conclavista

Latin

Etymology

From con- +? cl?vis (key).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kon?kla?.u?e/, [k???k??ä?u??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kon?kla.ve/, [k???kl??v?]

Noun

concl?ve n (genitive concl?vis); third declension

1. room, chamber
2. enclosed space that can be locked
3. dining hall

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).

Descendants

• Catalan: conclave
• English: conclave
• French: conclave
• Italian: conclave
• Portuguese: conclave
• Russian: ???????? (konkláv)
• Spanish: cónclave

References

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