clanculum

Latin

Etymology

From clam.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈklan.ku.lum/, [ˈkɫ̪äŋkʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈklan.ku.lum/, [ˈkläŋkulum]

Adverb

clanculum (not comparable)

clandestinely, secretly, privately
stealthily
Paulisper mane: Aucupemus ex insidiis clanculum quam rem gerant. (Plaut. As. 5)

Preposition

clanculum (+ accusative)

(with accusative or, rarely, ablative) without the knowledge of, unknown to

References

“clanculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“clanculum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
clanculum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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