Lewis & Short

clītellae, ārum, f.,

  1. I. a pack-saddle put upon beasts of burden, especially upon asses, a sumpter-saddle, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 91; Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 5, 13, 40; Hor. S. 1, 5, 47; id. Ep. 1, 13, 8; Phaedr. 1, 15, 8.
    Prov.: bovi clitellas imponere; v. bos, I.
  2. II. Meton.
    1. A. The name of a place in Rome: clitellae dicuntur etiam locus Romae propter similitudinem, et in Viā Flaminiā loca quaedam devexa subinde et accliva, Paul. ex Fest. p. 59, 15 Müll.
    2. B. An instrument of torture: est etiam tormenti genus eodem nomine appellatum, Paul. l. l.