Latin

Noun

clēricus m ‎(genitive clēricī); second declension

1. (Late Latin) a priest, clergyman, cleric
2. (Late Latin) a learned man, clerk

Inflection

Second declension.

Related terms

• clērus

Descendants

• English: cleric (borrowing)
• Italian: chierico
• Old English: clerc
  • Middle English: clerc
    • English: clerk
• Old French: clerc
  • French: clerc
• Old Irish: cléirech
  • Irish: cléireach
  • Manx: cleragh
  • Scottish Gaelic: clèireach
• Old Leonese: clerigu
• Old Portuguese: clerigo, crerigo
  • Galician: clérigo, crego
  • Portuguese: clérigo, clergo
• Spanish: clérigo

References

• clericus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “clericus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• clericus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• clerk in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911