clarus

From Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (“to call, shout”). Cognate with Latin calō, clāmō, classis, concilium, Ancient Greek καλέω (kaléō).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈklaː.rus/, [ˈkɫaː.rʊs]

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

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

First/second declension.

• comparative: clārior, superlative: clārissimus

• 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)
• clarus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (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