clemens

See also: Clemens

Latin

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “See De Vaan p. 119”)

Pronunciation

Adjective

clēmēns (genitive clēmentis, comparative clēmentior, superlative clēmentissimus, adverb clēmenter); third-declension one-termination adjective

  1. merciful, lenient
    Synonym: misericors
    Antonyms: immānis, violēns, efferus, crūdēlis, barbaricus, trux, ferōx, atrōx, silvāticus, ācer
  2. mild, gentle, quiet, peaceful, easy, moderate
    Synonyms: placidus, tranquillus, mitis, quietus, mollis
    Antonyms: obstreperus, clāmātōrius
  3. compliant

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative clēmēns clēmentēs clēmentia
genitive clēmentis clēmentium
dative clēmentī clēmentibus
accusative clēmentem clēmēns clēmentēs clēmentia
ablative clēmentī clēmentibus
vocative clēmēns clēmentēs clēmentia

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Catalan: clement
  • French: clément
  • Galician: clemente
  • Italian: clemente
  • Portuguese: clemente
  • Romanian: clement
  • Sicilian: chimenti
  • Spanish: clemente

References

  • clemens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • clemens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • clemens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to be dogmatic; positive: pertinacem (opp. clementem) esse in disputando
  • clemens”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • clemens”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray