Claudius

/ˈklɔdiəs/ name

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  1. 1
    A male given name from Latin.

    "[H]e […] wrote a letter in this maner. Claudius Liſias vnto the moſt mighty ruelar Felix ſendeth gretyngꝭ."

  2. 2
    The Roman emperor "Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus".

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claudius iemperor claudiusforenamehamlet antagonistking of denmarkpersonal name

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"Claudius, seeing a mighty man before him, saw things looked serious and understood that here he had not quite the same pre-eminence as at Rome, where no one was his equal."

Etymology

From Latin Claudius. Doublet of Claude.

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