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Claudĭa, ae, f.

  1. I. A Roman female name; v. Claudius.
  2. II. A town of Noricum, Plin. 3, 24, 27, § 146.

Claudĭālis, e, adj. [Claudius], pertaining to the emperor Claudius, Claudian: flaminium, Tac. A. 13, 2 fin.; Inscr. Orell. 3044 al.

1. Claudĭānus, a, um, v. Claudius, II. B.

2. Claudĭānus, i, m. [Claudius], a Roman poet of Alexandria, of the time of Theodosius the Great and his sons, several of whose panegyric poems are extant, Symm. Ep. 9, 13.

claudĭcātĭo, ōnis, f. [claudico], a limping, Cic. N. D. 1, 30, 83; id. de Or. 2, 61, 249; Col. 6, 12, 1; Val. Max. 8, 11, ext. 3.

claudĭco (clōdĭco, Cic. de Or. 2, 61, 249, like Claudius and Clodius, codex and caudex, etc., v. au), āre, v. n. [claudeo; like albico, candico from albeo, candeo], to limp, halt, be lame (class.).

  1. I. Prop.: Carvilio graviter claudicanti ex vulnere, Cic. de Or. 2, 61, 249; Ov. F. 3, 758; Col. 6, 12, 3; Suet. Aug. 80; Just. 6, 2, 6.
    1. B. In Lucretius, meton., of other irregular or unbalanced motions, to waver, wabble, halt; of the lame wings of birds, Lucr. 6, 834; of the wavering of balances or scales, id. 4, 515; and of the earth’s axis, id: 6, 1107.
  2. II. Trop., to halt, waver, to be wanting, incomplete or defective: claudicat ingenium, Lucr. 3, 453: tota res vacillat et claudicat, Cic. N. D, 1, 38, 107: vereri ne tota amicitia quasi claudicare videatur, id. Fin. 1, 20, 69; so id. Brut. 63, 227; Liv. 22, 39, 3 (al. leg. claudo); Col. 4, 2, 1; Just. 6, 2, 5 and 6: ut constare possimus nobismet ipsis nec in ullo officio claudicare, Cic. Off. 1, 33, 119; cf.: in comoediā, claudicamus, Quint. 10, 1, 99.
    So of discourse: ne sermo in aequalitate horum omnium sicut pedum claudicet, Quint. 11, 3, 43: si quid in nostrā oratione claudicat, Cic. de Or. 3, 51, 198.
    And once of the measure of a verse: claudicat hic versus; haec, inquit, syllaba nutat, Claud. Epigr. 79, 3.

* claudīgo, ĭnis, f. [claudus], a lameness, limping, Veg. A. Veter. 1, 26, 1.

Claudĭŏpŏlis, is; acc. im; abl. i, f.

  1. I. A town in Southern Cappadocia, now Eraklia, Plin. 5, 24, 20, § 85; Amm. 14, 8, 2.
  2. II. A town in Bithynia, prob. the mod. Boli or Bula, Cod. Th. 12, 1, 119.
    Hence, Claudĭŏpŏlītāni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Claudiopolis in Bithynia, Plin. Ep. 10, 39 (48), 5; Traj. ib. 10, 40 (49), 3.

claudĭtas, ātis, f. [claudus], a lameness, limping (post-Aug.), Plin. 8, 43, 68, § 169; 28, 4, 7, § 35; App. Flor. 16.
In plur., Plin. 28, 4, 6, § 33.

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.