Latin

Adjective

clārus m ‎(feminine clāra, neuter clārum); first/second declension

1. clear, bright
2. renowned, famous
3. upstanding, respected

Inflection

First/second declension.

• comparative: clārior, superlative: clārissimus

Derived terms

• clāritās
• dēclārō

Descendants

References

• clarus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• clarus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• CLARUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “clarus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to become famous, distinguish oneself: clarum fieri, nobilitari, illustrari (not the post-classical clarescere or inclarescere
    
  • a good,[1] brilliant example; a striking example: exemplum clarum, praeclarum
    
  • a strong, loud voice: vox magna, clara (Sulla 10. 30)
    
  • men of rank and dignity: viri clari et honorati (De Sen. 7. 22)
    
• clarus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• clarus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• clarus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• clarus in William Smith., editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly