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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Caecilius|origins=la claudus}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈkɫau̯.de.oː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈklaːu̯.de.o]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''claudeō''' (present infinitive claudēre); second conjugation, no perfect or supine stems^(Wiktionary)
+ Also ''claudō'', ''claudere'', and ''clūdō'' in Lucilius; the conjugation is usually ambiguous.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[af|la|claudus|-eō|t1=limping, lame]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan calls the etymology of ⟨claudus⟩ uncertain; many connect it with [[clāvis]] “bar” and [[clāva]] “club”, as “one who goes with a staff”.^(de Vaan 2008)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Caecilius and Lucilius.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Caecilius 230/220–168 BC and Lucilius c. 180–102 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ Lewis & Short call it the base form of the commoner [[claudicō]].^(Lewis & Short 1879) It meant to limp, be lame, as in Lucilius; of words or sounds, to sound imperfect, as in Cicero on prose rhythm; and to be imperfect, fall short, as in Cicero's ''Tusculans''.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 230/220–168 BC – Caecilius uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 180–102 BC – Lucilius uses it of limping.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of imperfection.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To [[m|en|limp]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''(of words, sounds)'' To sound imperfect.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To be imperfect, fall short.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[claudicātiō]]
+ * [[claudicō]]
+ * [[claudīgō]]
+ * [[clauditās]]
+ * [[claudus]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}