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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

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin American Spanish claves (plural), from Latin cl?vis (“a key; a lever, bar”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kle?vz/, /kl??vz/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?kl??ve?z/, /kle?vz/
• Rhymes: -e?vz, -??vz

Noun

claves pl (normally plural, singular clave)

1. (music) A percussion instrument, consisting of two sticks or blocks, in which one is struck against the other in order to produce a sound.

Usage notes

One generally speaks of playing "the claves"; the singular form is seldom used.

Synonyms

• cleavers (Bahamas)

Translations

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?kle??viz/, /?kl??ve?z/

Noun

claves

1. plural of clavis

See also

• rhythm sticks

References

• “claves”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “clave”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Anagrams

• Sclave, calves

Asturian

Verb

claves

1. second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of clavar

Catalan

Verb

claves

1. second-person singular present indicative form of clavar

Latin

Pronunciation

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

Noun

cl?v?s

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of cl?vis

Portuguese

Noun

claves

1. plural of clave

Spanish

Noun

claves f pl

1. plural of clave

Verb

claves

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) present subjunctive form of clavar.