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claudus.

limping, halting, lame, crippled

7 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

adj[ˈkɫau̯.dʊs]Classical-Latin[ˈklaːu̯.dus]
  1. limping, halting, lame, crippled

    adjective · declension-1 · declension-2
  2. wavering, imperfect, defective

    adjective · declension-1 · declension-2 · figuratively · poetic · rare · usually
  3. halting, wavering, uncertain, untrustworthy

    adjective · declension-1 · declension-2 · figuratively
Where this word comes from

From some extension of *kelh₂- (“to strike, cut”), leading to derivatives meaning "broken or cut off," see also Russian колдыка (koldyka, “lame”) and Ancient Greek κολοβός (kolobós, “curtailed, broken”); the root is also the ultimate source of English halt.

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