"Claudius" meaning in Latin

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Proper name

IPA: [ˈkɫau̯.di.ʊs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈklaːu̯.di.us] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Traditionally said to be from claudus (“lame, limping, crippled”), however, family history relates that the name was adopted as the Romanized form of an earlier Clausus, the Latin spelling of an original Sabine name. A Sabine word cognate with clausus (“shut, closed”), perfect passive participle of claudō (“I shut, close”) seems a more probable origin. Etymology templates: {{der|la|sbv|-}} Sabine Head templates: {{la-proper noun|Claudius<2.both>|f=Claudia}} Claudius m (genitive Claudiī or Claudī, feminine Claudia); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|Claudius<2.both>}} Forms: Claudiī [genitive], Claudī [genitive], Claudia [feminine], no-table-tags [table-tags], Claudius [nominative, singular], Claudiī [nominative, plural], Claudiī [genitive, singular], Claudī [genitive, singular], Claudiōrum [genitive, plural], Claudiō [dative, singular], Claudiīs [dative, plural], Claudium [accusative, singular], Claudiōs [accusative, plural], Claudiō [ablative, singular], Claudiīs [ablative, plural], Claudī [singular, vocative], Claudiī [plural, vocative], Clōdius [alternative]
  1. A Roman gens name. Tags: declension-2, masculine Related terms: Claudia
    Sense id: en-Claudius-la-name-bSbLew51 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the second declension, Latin nomina gentilia, Latin terms with variable monophthongization, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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