I.limping, halting, lame.
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.—
b. Prov.: “iste claudus, quemadmodum aiunt, pilam,” said of one who cannot make a right use of a thing, Cic. Pis. 28, 69.—
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. —
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.—
