classis – Latin noun declension

Noun: classis
Hyphenation:

Gender: Feminine Declension: Third

Nominative

Singular	classis
Plural	classēs

Genitive

Singular	classis
Plural	classium

Dative

Singular	classī
Plural	classibus

Accusative

Singular	classem
Plural	classēs; classīs

Ablative

Singular	classe; classī
Plural	classibus

Vocative

Singular	classis
Plural	classēs

Sample Sentences

Nouns inflected like classis

subclassis, birēmis, novālis, superclassis, quadrirēmis, quīnquerēmis, classis, vōcālis, amnis, auris, fīnis, orbis, cīvis, rudis, nātālis, sēmivōcālis, trirēmis, maiālis, majālis, mataris, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *klāssis, from Proto-Indo-European *klh₁-d⁽ʰ⁾-ti- (“a call”), from *kelh₁- (“to call, shout”). Cognate with Latin calō, clāmō, clārus, concilium, Ancient Greek καλέω (kaléō). De Vaan notes that simplification of the Proto-Italic *-ss- would be expected following long *-ā-. He suggests that, semantically, the term evolved from referring to a “calling out” to a “class of soldiers being called out” to a “social class.” See: Latin Nouns 'calō'.

Verbs referencing "classis"

English Nouns class, Russian Nouns класс, Dutch Nouns klas, Dutch Nouns klasse, German Nouns Klasse, English Nouns classis, Dutch Nouns classis, Latvian Nouns klase, Polish Nouns klasa, English Nouns clas, Asturian Nouns clas, Romanian Nouns clasă, Hungarian Nouns klasszis.

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