Sclavus

See also: sclavus

Latin

Alternative forms
  • Slavus

Etymology

Late and Medieval Latin; from Byzantine Greek Σκλάβος (Sklábos); see that entry for more.

Pronunciation

Noun

Sclavus m (genitive Sclavī, feminine Sclava); second declension

  1. a Slav
    • 1489 — ARec 1236 (published in the Słownik Staropolskich Nazw Osobowych, under the name Sclawus)
      In causa […] Nicolai Sclavi, seruitoris burse Vngarorum […]
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Masculine Feminine
Nominative Sclavus Sclava Sclavī Sclavae
Genitive Sclavī Sclavae Sclavōrum Sclavārum
Dative Sclavō Sclavīs Sclavīs
Accusative Sclavum Sclavam Sclavōs Sclavās
Ablative Sclavō Sclavā Sclavīs Sclavīs
Vocative Sclave Sclava Sclavī Sclavae

Derived terms
  • Sclava

Descendants
  • Aromanian: shcljau
  • Albanian: shqa
  • Asturian: eslavu
  • Catalan: eslau
  • English: Slav
  • French: slave
  • Friulian: sclâf
  • Italian: slavo
  • Portuguese: eslavo
  • Romanian: slav, șcheau
  • Spanish: eslavo
  • Venetian: slavo
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