classis

Significat (Anglès)

1. (declension-3, feminine) any one of the five divisions into which Servius Tullius divided the Roman citizenry
2. (declension-3, feminine) the armed forces
3. (declension-3, feminine) fleet
4. (declension-3, feminine) a group, rank, or class
5. (declension-3, feminine) a class (of students)
6. (New-Latin, declension-3, feminine) class (taxonomic rank)

Conceptes

classe

armada

marina

Sinònims

divisio

Traduccions

class

classe

klasse

klas

clase

tebeq

sinif

sef

classe

sınıf

pol

klasse

Klasse

çîn

στόλος

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

[ˈkɫas.sɪs]

Etimologia (Anglès)

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.”