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Clĕander, dri, m., = Κλέανδρος, a favorite of the emperor Commodus, Lampr. Comm. 6, 7.

Clĕanthes, is (acc. -en, Cic. N. D. 3, 2, 5; Sen. Ep. 113, 18;

  1. I. -em, Cic. Tusc. 2, 25, 60; id. Sen. 7, 23; voc. Cleanthe, id. Tusc. 3, 32, 77; Val. Max. 8, 7, ext. 11), m., = Κλεάνθης, a Stoic philosopher of Assos, pupil of Zeno and teacher of Chrysippus, Cic. Ac. 2, 23, 73; 2, 41, 126; id. Fat. 7, 14; id. Div. 1, 3, 6; id. Fin. 2, 21, 69; 4, 3, 7; Sen. Ep. 44, 3; 108, 10; id. Ben. 5, 14, 1; Val. Max. 8, 7, ext. 11.
    Plur.: archetypos servare Cleanthas, statues of Cleanthes, Juv. 2, 7.
    Hence,
  2. II. Cleanthēus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Cleanthes, = Stoic: fruge, i. e. praeceptis, Pers. 5, 64: turba, i. e. discipuli, Claud. Mall. Theod. 88.

Clĕarchus, i, m., = Κλέαρχος.

  1. I. A Spartan captain, Front. Strat. 4, 1.
  2. II. A tyrant of Heraclea Pontica, Just. 16, 4 sq.
  3. III. A philosopher of Soli, Gell. 4, 11.

† clēma, ătis, n., = κλῆμα, a plant, also called polygonon, Plin. 27, 12, 91, § 113.

† clēmătis, ĭdis, f., = κληματίς, the name of various climbing plants, as Vinca minor, Linn., etc.; Plin. 24, 10, 49, § 84; 24, 15, 88, § 138; 24, 15, 89, § 139; and 24, 15, 90, § 141.

† clēmătītis, ĭdis, f., = κληματῖτις, a creeping plant, a species of Aristolochia, called also Cretica, Plin. 25, 8, 54, § 96.

1. clēmens, entis (abl. usu. -ti; but -te, Liv. 1, 26, 8; Laber. ap. Macr. S. 2, 7, 3), adj. [etym. dub.; cf. lemures; and Germ. hold].

  1. I. Orig. (in the class. per. very rare), of the quiet, placid, pleasant state of the air, wind, or weather, mild, calm, soft, gentle ( = the class. placidus, quietus): undae clementi flamine pulsae, * Cat. 64, 272: clementior Auster vela vocat, Stat. Th. 5, 468: aura Favoni, Claud. Cons. Prob. Olyb. 272; cf. id. III. Cons. Hon. 165; Val. Fl. 6, 747: clementior dies, Col. 11, 2, 2: clementior Arctos, Sil. 1, 198: clementiores plagae (opp. Septentrio), Pall. Febr. 12, 1.
    Hence,
    1. B. Esp.
      1. 1. Of the gentle motion of the sea, rivers, etc., placid, calm, etc.: mare, Gell. 2, 21, 1: Pasitigris clementiore alveo praeterit, etc. (preced. by: praeceps inter saxa devolvitur), Curt. 5, 3, 1: quā sit clementissimus amnis, Ov. M. 9, 116.
      2. 2. Of places (opp. praeceps), smooth, of a gentle ascent: clivulus, App. M. 4, p. 144.
        Far more freq.,
  2. II. Trop.
    1. A. Of a calm, unexcited, passionless state of mind, quiet, mild, gentle, tranquil, kind (syn.: placidus, lenis): clementem vocabo non in alieno dolore facilem, sed eum, qui cum suis stimulis exagitetur, non prosilit, etc., Sen. Clem. 1, 20, 3: egit semper vitam … clemens, placidus, Ter. Ad. 5, 1, 10: vita urbana atque otium, id. ib. 1, 1, 17 (cf. with Cic. Rab. Post. 7, 17: vita quieta atque otiosa): ille suam semper egit vitam in otio, in conviviis: clemens, placidus, Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 10; Liv. 38, 17, 17 (cf. the passages under clementia, cited from Flor.): cupio, patres conscripti, me esse clementem: cupio in tantis rei publicae periculis me non dissolutum videri, Cic. Cat. 1, 2, 4: etsi satis clemens sum in disputando, tamen interdum soleo subirasci, id. Fin. 2, 4, 12: (Arimphaeis) ritus clementes, Plin. 6, 13, 14, § 35.
      1. 2. Transf. to animals. tame, domesticated: clementius genus columbarum (opp. agrestes), Varr. R. R. 3, 7, 2.
    2. B. Specif.
      1. 1. Mild in respect to the faults and failures of others, i. e. forbearing, indulgent, compassionate, merciful (class.; syn.: mitis, benignus, humanus, lenis, facilis, indulgens; opp.: crudelis, inhumanus, asper al.): clementi (mi) animo ignoscet, Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 37; Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 22: judices et misericordes, Cic. Planc. 13, 31; cf. * Hor. C. 3, 11, 46; Tac. A. 2, 57: vir et contra audaciam fortissimus et ab innocentiā clementissimus, Cic. Rosc. Am. 30, 85; Nep. Epam. 3, 2: legis interpres, Liv. 1, 26, 8: dominus facilis et clemens, Suet. Aug. 67: justa et clemens servitus, Ter. And. 1, 1, 9: castigatio, Cic. Off. 1, 38, 137: clementior sententia, Liv. 8, 31, 8.
        More unusual: rumor, i. e. non nimius, mild, mitigated, πρᾶος (acc. to Prisc. p. 1202 P.), Sall. J. 22, 1.
      2. 2. Poet. of places: pars (insulae) ratibus clemens, accessible, Claud. B. Gild. 511.
        Adv.: clē-menter.
  1. I. (Acc. to I. A.) Gently, softly, mildly: non desiit adsidue tremere Campania, clementius quidem, sed ingenti damno, Sen. Q. N. 6, 31, 1: agitant venti oleas, Pall. Nov. 5: spirant clementius Austri, Stat. S. 2, 2, 27.
    So of moderate, slow action gen.: Eu. Sequere sis. Ch. Sequor. Eu. Clementer quaeso; calces deteris, Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 111; so id. Stich. 4, 1, 26; id. Ep. 2, 2, 23.
    1. B. (Acc. to I. B. 2.) By degrees, gradually, gently: clementer et molliter assurgens collis, Col. 2, 2, 1; cf. Tac. A. 13, 38: editum jugum, id. G. 1; Sil. 1, 274; Sen. Oedip. 280: accedere, Tac. A. 12, 33; cf. in comp.: explorare, si quā Appennini juga clementius adirentur, id. H. 3, 52.
  2. II. (Acc. to II. A.) Quietly, placidly, tranquilly, calmly: accipere aliquid clementius aequo, * Lucr. 3, 314: si quid est factum clementer, ut dissolute factum criminer, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 8, § 19: leniter hominem clementerque accepit, id. ib. 2, 4, 40, § 86: ferre aliquid, id. Att. 6, 1, 3: consolationes clementer admotae, Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 11: quo id pacto fieri possit clementissime, Plaut. Mil. 4, 3, 5: leo caudam clementer et blande movet, Gell. 5, 14, 12.
    1. B. (Acc. to II. B.) With forbearance, mildly, with indulgence: clementer et moderate jus dicere, Caes. B. C. 3, 20: clementer a consule accepti, Liv. 27, 15, 2: clementer ductis militibus, i.e. peacefully, without plundering, id. 29, 2, 1.
      Comp.: clementius tractare aliquem, Plin. Ep. 8, 24, 5.
      Sup.: clementissime scribere de aliquo, Gell. 1, 18, 3: qui victoriā civili clementissime usus est, Sen. Ira, 2, 23, 4.

2. Clēmens, entis, m., a proper name, in later Lat. very freq.: Julius, Tac. A. 1, 23; 1, 26; 15, 73; id. H. 1, 87; 2, 12: Arretinus, id. ib. 4, 68; Suet. Dom. 11: Flavius, id. ib. 15.

clēmentĭa, ae, f. [1. clemens].

  1. I. A calm, tranquil state of the elements, calmness, mildness, tranquillity (like clemens in this signif. mostly post-Aug.): clementia ventorum, tranquillitas maris, App. de Deo Socr. p. 52, 1: soli caelique, Flor. 3, 3, 18; cf.: emollit gentes clementia caeli, Luc. 8, 366: aestatis, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 5: hiemis, Col. 5, 5, 6: nascentis anni, id. 11, 3, 9: diei, id. 9, 13, 4: Nili, Stat. Th. 3, 527.
  2. II. (Acc. to clemens, II. B.) Indulgent, forbearing conduct towards the errors and faults of others, moderation, mildness, humanity, forbearance, benignity, clemency, mercy (the class. signif.; very freq., esp. in prose; syn.: benignitas, comitas, lenitas, mansuetudo, etc.): clementia (est), per quam animi temere in odium alicujus concitati invectio comitate retinetur, Cic. Inv. 2, 54, 164: clementia est temperantia animi in potestate ulciscendi, vel lenitas … in constituendis poenis, Sen. Clem. 2, 3: facilitas et clementia, * Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 7; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 25, 88: illam clementiam mansuetudinemque nostri imperii tantam in crudelitatem inhumanitatemque esse conversam, id. Verr. 2, 5, 44, § 115; id. Deiot. 15, 43; id. Lig. 3, 10: lenitas et clementia, id. Att. 14, 19, 2: clementia et probitas vestra, Sall. H. 1, 41, 1 Dietsch; Liv. 3, 58, 4; Ov. M. 8, 57; Quint. 9, 2, 28; Tac. H. 3, 19: juris, Quint. 7, 4, 18 Spald., and antith. to jus asperius, id. 9, 2, 90; opp. severitatem, Sen. Clem. 1, 1, 4: elephanti contra minus validos, Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 23: leonis in supplices, id. 8, 16, 19, § 48; and as an attribute of princes, id. 8, 7, 7, § 48; Vop. Aur. 44; whence a title of the emperors, v. IV.
    Less freq.,
    1. B. Kindness, sympathy: satrapes violare clementiam quam regis opes minui maluit, Nep. Alcib. 10, 3.
  3. III. Clementia, personified as a deily, the goddess of grace, Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 14; Stat. Th. 12, 482 sq.; Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 6 sq.
  4. IV. A title of the emperor: Clementia tua, Your Grace, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 65; Spart. ap. Geta, I. init.

Clĕŏbis, is, m., = Κλέοβις, son of the priesless Cydippe, brother of Bito, v. Bito; Val. Max. 5, 4, 4; Schol. ad Verg. G. 3, 132.

Clĕŏbūlus, i, m., = Κλεοβουλος, of Lindus, one of the Seven Sages, Aus. Sept. Sap. 1, 16, 5.

Clĕombrŏtus, i, m.

  1. I. A Lacedœmonian general, Cic. Off. 1, 24, 84.
  2. II. A young Academic philosopher of Ambracia, Cic. Tusc. 1, 34, 84; id. Scaur. 2, 4; Aug. Civ. Dei, 1, 22.

Clĕon, ōnis, = Κλέων, a Grecian proper name.

  1. I. An Athenian popular leader, Cic. Rep. 4, 10, 11; id. Brut. 7, 28.
  2. II. A rhetorician of Halicarnassus, Nep. Lys. 3, 5.
  3. III. A statuary, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 37.
  4. IV. A painter, Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 140.

Clĕōnae, ārum (Clĕōna, ae, Mel. 2, 2, 9), f., = Κλεωναί.

  1. I. A small town in Argolis, near Nemea, where Hercules killed the lion, now Clenia, Liv. 33, 14, 11; Ov. M. 6, 417; Plin. 4, 5, 6, § 12.
    Hence,
    1. B. Clĕōnaeus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Cleonœ: ager, Liv. 33, 14, 7: leo, i. e. the Nemean lion, Luc. 4, 612; Sil. 3, 34: sidus = leo, Stat. S. 4, 28; Mart. 4, 60: stirpis, i.e. Herculeae, Stat. Th. 6, 837.
  2. II. A town in Macedonia, on Mount Athos, Mel. 2, 2, 9; Plin. 4, 10, 17, § 37.

† clĕōnia, ae, f., = κλεωνία, the plant helenium, Theod. Prisc. 4, 1.

† clĕōnīcĭon, ii, n., = κλεωνίκιον, a plant, also called clinopodion, Plin. 24, 15, 87, § 137 (cleonicon, Sillig).

Clĕŏpātră (on the ā cf. Juv. 2, 109; Luc. 9, 1071; 10, 56; Stat. S. 3, 2, 120), ae, f., = Κλεοπάτρα.

  1. I. Queen of Egypt, and daughter of Ptolemy Auletes, notorious for her amorous intercourse with Cœsar, and afterwards with Antony; conquered at Actium by Augustus, Caes. B. C. 3, 103; 3, 107; Suet. Caes. 35; Luc. 10, 354 sqq.; Val. Fl. 4, 464; Mart. 4, 22, 2; 4, 59, 5.
    Hence,
    1. B. Clĕŏpātrānus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Cleopatra: stirps, Treb. Poll. Claud. 1: uniones, id. Trig. Syr. 32.
  2. II. A sister of Alexander the Great, and wife of Alexander, king of Epirus, Liv. 8, 24, 17; Just. 9, 6, 1; 13, 6, 4 al.
  3. III. A daughter of Mithridates, and wife of Tigranes, Just. 38, 3, 3.
  4. IV. A daughter of I., Just. 39, 3, 1; 39, 4, 7.

Clĕŏphantus, i, m., = Κλεόφαντος.

  1. I. A physician in Rome, Cic. Clu. 16, 47; Cels. 3, 14; Plin. 20, 5, 15, § 31 al.
  2. II. A painter of Corinthus, Plin. 35, 3, 5, § 15.

Clĕŏphon, ontis, m., a demagogue of Athens, Cic. Rep. 4, 10, 11.

clĕpo, psi, ptum (not clepi, v. Neue, Formenl. 2, 493; Madv. ad Cic. Fin. 5, 25, 74), 3, v. a. [root klep- of κλέπτω, whence also clipeus; kindred with celo, cella, occul-o, clam],

  1. I. to steal (rare, and mostly anteclass. for furor): sacrum qui clepsit rapsitve, old form. ap. Cic. Leg. 2, 9, 22: si quis clepsit, etc., old form. ap. Liv. 22, 10, 5; Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 10, 23; id. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 27, 68; Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 6; Lucil. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 94 Müll.; Auct. ap. Cic. Rep. 4, 5, 11 (v. Non. p. 20, 14; cf. Madvig. ad Cic. Fin. 5, 25, 75); Manil. 1, 27; Prud. Psych. 562.
  2. II. Trop.: sermonem, to listen secretly to, Pac. ap. Non. p. 20, 18; so, verba nostra auribus, Att. ib. p. 12: se opificio, to withdraw secretly from the work, Varr. ib. p. 20: se, to conceal one’s self, Sen. Med. 156; id. Herc. Fur. 799.

clepsydra, ae, f., = κλεψύδρα, an instrument for measuring time by water, similar to our sand-glasses, a water-clock, clepsydra, Sen. Ep. 24, 19; Veg. Mil. 3, 8; App. M. 3, p. 130, 19; used by speakers to measure the length of their discourse, Cic. Tusc. 2, 27, 67; Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 14; 6, 2, 5; 1, 23, 2.
Meton., the time measured by the clepsydra, and hence, petere clepsydram, to ask leave to speak; and dare clepsydram, to give leave to speak, Cic. de Or. 3, 34, 138; Mart. 6, 35; cf. aqua, II. F., and Dict. of Antiq. pp. 508 sq.

‡ clepsydrārĭus, ii, m. [clepsydra], a maker of water-clocks, Inscr. Murat. 935, 8.* † clepta, ae, m., = κλέπτης, a thief, Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 9.

clērĭcālis, e, adj. [clericus], clerical, priestly (eccl. Lat.): tirocinium, Sid. Ep. 6, 7: comitatus, id. ib. 7, 2 et saep.

clērĭcātus, ūs, m. [clericus], the clerical office (eccl. Lat.), Hier. Ep. 60, n. 10; 125, n. 8 et saep.

† clērĭcus, i, m., = κληρικός, a clergyman, priest (eccl. Lat.), Hier. Ep. 60, n. 10 al.

† Clērūmĕnoe, ōn, m., = Κληρούμενοι (those who draw lots), the name of a comedy of Diphilus, Lat. Sortientes, Plaut. Cas. prol. 31; cf. Rost. Plaut. Cuped. XVIII. p. 5 sq.

† clērus, i, m., = κλῆρος, the clerical order, the clergy (eccl. Lat.), Tert. Monog. 12; Prud. στεφ. 4, 78 al.