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Claudĭus (Clōdĭus, like claudo and clodo, codex and caudex, plostrum and plaustrum, etc.), Claudĭa, Clōdĭa,

  1. I. the name of two very celebrated Roman gentes (one patrician, the other plebeian; cf. Suet. Tib. 1 and 2; Verg. A. 7, 708; Liv. 2, 16, 4).
    1. A. Claudius; so,
      1. 1. App. Claudius Caecus (v. Appius).
      2. 2. The historian Q. Claudius Quadrigarius, a contemporary of Sulla and Sisenna, Vell. 2, 9, 6; Gell. 1, 7, 9.
        Called simply Claudius, Liv. 8, 19, 13; 9, 5, 2.
      3. 3. The emperor Claudius; in full, Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus, Suet. Claud. 1 sqq.; Tac. A. 11, 1 sqq.
      4. 4. In fem.: Claudĭa, a female of the gens Claudia.
    2. B. Clodius. Thus the restless tribune of the people, and enemy of Cicero, P. Clodius Pulcher, who was killed by Milo; v. Cic. Mil.
  2. II. Hence,
    1. A. Claudĭus (Clōd-), a, um, Claudian, Clodian: Via Claudia (Clodia), a branch of the Via Cassia, Ov. P. 1, 8, 44; Front. Aquaed. 11.
      Aqua Claudia, an aqueduct begun by the emperor Caligula, and finished by the emperor Claudius, Front. Aquaed. 13 sq.; Suet. Claud. 20 Bremi.
      Tribus Claudia, beyond the Anio, named after the progenitor of the gens Claudia, Liv. 2, 16, 5; Verg. A. 7, 708; cf. Serv. in h. l.
      Leges Clodiae, proceeding from the tribune of the people, Clodius, Cic. Sest. 25 and 26; cf. Orell. Ind. Leg. s. h. v.
    2. B. Claudĭānus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to a Claudius (esp. to the emperor of this name): castra, of App. Claudius Pulcher, Liv. 23, 31, 3: tonitrua, named after the same, Paul. ex Fest. p. 57, 10 Müll.: tempora, of the emperor Claudius, Tac. A. 14, 11; id. H. 5, 12: cometa, visible in his time, Sen. Q. N. 7, 21 and 29.
    3. C. Clōdĭ-ānus, a, um, adj., pertaining to Clodius, the enemy of Cicero: crimen, his murder, Cic. Mil. 27, 72: incendia, caused by him, id. Q. Fr. 2, 1, 2: operae, id. ib. 2, 3, 2.

claudus (clūdus, Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 64; and clōdus, Arat. Act. Apost. 266), a, um, adj. [root klu-; v. claudo; prop. shut in, hampered], limping, halting, lame.

  1. I. Prop.: sutor, Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 34: deus, Cic. N. D. 1, 30, 83: claudus altero pede, Nep. Ages. 8, 1; Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 61: pes, id. C. 3, 2, 32: pars serpentis, Verg. A. 5. 278 al.
        1. b. Prov.: iste claudus, quemadmodum aiunt, pilam, said of one who cannot make a right use of a thing, Cic. Pis. 28, 69.
  2. II. Trop., wavering, crippled, imperfect, defective (rare; mostly poet.): clauda navigia aplustris, * Lucr. 4, 436; cf.: claudae mutilataeque naves, Liv. 37, 24, 6; Curt. 9, 9, 13; Tac. A. 2, 24.
    1. B. Esp. of language: clauda carmina alterno versu, i. e. elegies (since every second verse is a foot shorter than the preceding), Ov. Tr. 3, 1, 11: clausulae, Quint. 9, 4, 116; cf. id. 9, 4, 70.
    2. C. Wavering, untrustworthy: clauda pars officii tui, Ov. P. 3, 1, 86; cf.: clauda fides, Sil. 13, 33.
      No comp. or sup.