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Clavius
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Translingual
+ Crater
Etymology
After Christopher Clavius, Latinization of a mul de - name, such as de Klau, or from mul la clavis key, a calque of a name such as de Schlüssel or de Nagel.
Proper noun
mul proper noun
mul planetology Clavius Crater
References
en 2010 James M. Lattis Between Copernicus and Galileo: Christoph Clavius and the Collapse of Ptolemaic Cosmology w:University of Chicago Press 13 https://books.google.co.nz/books?id=TtJlV4DvFYYC&pg=PA13
English
Etymology
After Christopher Clavius, Latinization of a en de - name, from en la clavis key.
Proper noun
en Clavius Crater.
Further reading
Clavius (crater)