English

Noun

clausula ‎(plural clausulae)

1. (music) The conclusion of a passage; cadence.
2. The close or end of a historical period; clause.

Synonyms

• (music): cadence

Latin

Etymology

From clausus +‎ -ula, perfect passive participle of claudō ‎(“shut, close”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈklaʊ.su.la/

Noun

clausula f ‎(genitive clausulae); first declension

1. conclusion, close, end
2. (rhetoric) the close of a period
3. (law) the conclusion of a legal formula

Inflection

First declension.

Related terms

• claudō
• clausūra
• clausus

Descendants

• English: clausula
• German: Klausel
• Spanish: cláusula

References

• clausula in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• clausula in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• CLAUSULA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “clausula”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• clausula in William Smith., editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly