claustellum Latin · revision 9687

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Petronius|origins=ine-pro *kleh₂w-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [kɫau̯sˈtɛl.lũː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [klau̯sˈtɛl.lum]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''claustellum''' ''n'' (genitive claustellī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

+ Also spelled ''clōstellum'' and ''clūstellum''.^(TLL)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a diminutive of [[claustrum]] “bar, bolt, lock”, from [[m|la|claudō|t=to shut]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Georges 1913)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨claudō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*klaud-e/o-]], from [[ine-pro|*kleh₂u-d-|t=to shut]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its earliest source is Petronius, in the form ''clōstellum'', where someone looks through it.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Petronius before 66 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The OLD takes it, with some doubt, as a keyhole, and Georges as a small lock or bolt; glossaries equate it with ''claustra'' and with Old English words for a lock.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)^(TLL) Gildas uses ''clūstellum'' of a lock shutting up the rain.^(TLL)

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+ British Medieval Latin also had it as a small cloister.^(DMLBS) Old French ''clostel'' and Italian ''chiavistello'' “bolt” come from it.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * before 66 AD – Petronius uses it.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|keyhole]]; a small lock, bolt.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A small [[m|en|cloister]].^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[claustrum]]

+ * [[claudō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}