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cliens
cliens
Latin
Alternative forms
Noun
cliēns m, f (genitive clientis); third declension
- customer
- client, retainer, follower
- companion, favorite
- (of a nation) ally, vassal
- one under the protection of a particular deity
- cliēns Bacchī — "client of Bacchus"
Inflection
Third declension i-stem.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cliēns | clientēs |
| genitive | clientis | clientium |
| dative | clientī | clientibus |
| accusative | clientem | clientēs |
| ablative | cliente | clientibus |
| vocative | cliēns | clientēs |
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- cliens in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cliens in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- CLIENS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “cliens”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- cliens in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin