clarus

Derived from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (“to call, shout”), probably via Proto-Indo-European *kl̥h₁rós and Proto-Italic *klāros (“loud”), containing the suffix *-ros (compare Latin -er postconsonantally).^[1]

Doublet of calō, clāmō, classis, and concilium. Cognate with Ancient Greek καλέω (kaléō) and particularly German hell (“clear, bright”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkɫaː.rʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈklaː.rus]

clārus (feminine clāra, neuter clārum, comparative clārior, superlative clārissimus, adverb clārē); first/second-declension adjective

1. clear, bright

   Synonym: lūcidus

   Antonyms: obscūrus, opācus

2. renowned, famous, famed, distinguished, illustrious, celebrated, glorious

   Synonyms: fāmōsus, praeclārus, inclitus, celeber, memorātus

   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 1.549–550:

     “Sunt et Siculīs regiōnibus urbēs
     arvaque, Troiānōque ā sanguine clārus Acestēs.”

     “There are also, in the land of Sicily, cities and farms [for us], and [where, born] from Trojan blood, [reigns] the famed Acestes.”

3. upstanding, respected
4. loud, clear, distinct, audible

First/second-declension adjective.

• “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, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “clarus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], 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 (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• “clarus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman 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