English

Noun

claviger ‎(plural clavigers)

1. One who carries a club; a club bearer.

Derived terms

• clavigerous

Etymology 2

Latin , from clavis ‎(“key”) + gerere ‎(“to carry”).

Noun

claviger ‎(plural clavigers)

1. One who carries the keys to a place; a keyholder.

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈklaː.wi.ɡer/, [ˈkɫaː.wɪ.ɡɛr]

Etymology 1

clāva ‎(“club, cudgel”) +‎ -iger ‎(“bearing”)

Adjective

clāviger m ‎(feminine clāvigera, neuter clāvigerum); first/second declension

1. club-bearing

Usage notes

Used especially as an epithet of Hercules.

Inflection

First/second declension, nominative masculine singular in -er.

Related terms

• clāva

Etymology 2

clāvis ‎(“key”) +‎ -iger ‎(“bearing”)

Noun

clāviger m ‎(genitive clāvigerī); second declension

1. the key-bearer

Usage notes

Used especially as an epithet of Janus, god of doors.

Inflection

Second declension, nominative singular in -er.

¹May also be clāvigere.

Related terms

• clāvicārius
• clāvicula
• clāvis

References

• clāvĭger¹ in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• clāvĭger² in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• claviger in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “claviger”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• claviger in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers