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classĭcus , a, um, adj. classis,
I.of or belonging to a classis.
I. To a class or division of the Roman people; only transf., belonging to the first class, of the highest class: classici dicebantur non omnes qui in quinque classibus erant, sed primi tantum classis homines (opp. classem, infra), Cat. ap. Gell. 6 ($3), 13, 1; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 113, 12: “testes classici,id. ib. p. 56, 15.
B. Trop., of the highest rank, classical, superior, standard: “classicus adsiduusque aliquis scriptor, non proletarius,Gell. 19, 8, 15.—
C. Subst.: classĭcus , i, m., he that summons the classes of citizens to the Comitia: in Arce classicus oanat tum circumque moeros, Comment. ap. Varr. L. L. 6, § 92 Müll.—
II. To the military and naval forces (v. infra; and cf. classis, I. B.), but in use only in the sense of or belonging to the fleet: “classicos milites,Liv. 21, 61, 2; 26, 48, 12: “bella,naval, Prop. 2, 1, 28: “certamen,Vell. 2, 85, 2: “corona = navalis,id. 2, 81, 2.—Hence,
B. Subst.
2. Meton., the war-trumpet: “necdum etiam audierant inflari classica,Verg. G. 2, 539; Tib. 1, 1, 4. —
3. Subst.: classĭci , ōrum, m., marines, Tac. H. 1, 36; 2, 11; 2, 17; 2, 22; 2, 67; 3, 55.—Also mariners, seamen, Curt. 4, 3, 18.
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