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clŏāca, ae, f. [1. cluo = purgo; cf. Gr. κλύζω], an artificial canal in Rome, constructed by Tarquinius Priscus, by which the filth was carried from the streets into the Tiber; in gen., a sewer, drain, Cic. Sest. 35, 77; id. Caecin. 13, 36; Hor. S. 2, 3, 242 al.; cf. Liv. 1, 38, 6; 1, 56, 2; 5, 55, 5; Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 104 sq.; Cassiod. Var. 3, 30; Dion. Halic. 3, 67; v. Dict. of Antiq. p. 269 sq.
clŏācālis, e, adj. [cloaca], pertaining to a cloaca (ante- and post-class.): flumen, Cato ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 59, 18: faeculentia, Sid. Ep. 3, 13.
‡ cloācāre = inquinare, Paul. ex Fest. p. 66, 2; cf. cloaco, μολύνω, Gloss. Labb.
clŏācārĭum, ĭi, n. [cloaca], the duty paid for conducting the private sewers into the public ones or for maintaining and cleansing the sewers, Dig. 30, 1, 39, § 5; 7, 1, 27, § 3; cf. Becker, Antiq. II. 2, p. 121, n. 616.
Clŏācīna, ae, v. Cluacina.
clŏācŭla, ae, f. dim. [cloaca], a small sewer, drain, Lampr. Elag. 17.
Clŭācīna (Clŏācīna, on account of a derivation from cloaca, Lact. 1, 20), ae, f. [cluo], the purifier: Cluacina Venus, so called because the Romans, after the end of the Sabine war, purified themselves in the vicinity of her statue with myrtle branches, Plin. 15, 29, 36, § 119; Liv. 3, 48, 5; Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 720; Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 10; Prud. Apoth. 265; Lact. 1, 20, 11; plur., Tert. Pall. 4.