classis

Meaning

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)

Concepts

class

navy

fleet

form

seamanship

seascape

classis

armed forces

armada

leisure harbor

army

marina

phylum

Synonyms

divisio

Translations

classe

klasse

clase

klas

classe

sinif

sef

tebeq

sınıf

klasse

pol

classe

çîn

Klasse

force navale

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈkɫas.sɪs]

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.”