Re: conclave

From: Daniel J. Milton
Message: 37246
Date: 2005-04-18

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "squilluncus" <grvs@...> wrote:
>
> There are some non-deverbalized nouns in Latin having the prefix
con-:
> conclave, compes, consul, contumelia, and an adjective: communis.
> What is your opinion of the formation conclave?
> Is it to be analysed as simply as a substantivation of 'cum clave'?
>
> Lars
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From Lewis & Short

conclave;ve , is
(I. gen. plur. heterocl. conclaviorum, Vitr. 6, 3, 8: conclavium,
id. 7, 9 ), n. [clavis: conclavia dicuntur loca, quae una clave
clauduntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 39, 9 Müll.; cf. Don. ad Ter. Eun.
3, 5,35] , a room, chamber, dining hall, cage for animals, stall,
coop,etc., that may be locked up.

Paulus Diaconus (8th c.) made an epitome of Sextus Pompeius Festus
(3rd c.) who abridged the "De Verborum Significatu" of Marius Verrius
Flaccus (1st c. BCE).