claviger

English

Etymology 1

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

Noun

claviger (plural clavigers)

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

Etymology 2

Latin clāviger, from clāvis (“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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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.u̯i.ɡer/, [ˈkɫ̪äːu̯ɪɡɛr]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkla.vi.d͡ʒer/, [ˈkläːvid͡ʒer]

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

clāviger (feminine clāvigera, neuter clāvigerum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

  1. club-bearing
Usage notes

Used especially as an epithet of Hercules.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective (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.

Declension

Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative clāviger clāvigerī
Genitive clāvigerī clāvigerōrum
Dative clāvigerō clāvigerīs
Accusative clāvigerum clāvigerōs
Ablative clāvigerō clāvigerīs
Vocative clāviger clāvigerī

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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