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claudus (clūdus , Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 64; and clōdus , Arat. Act. Apost. 266), a, um, adj. root klu-; v. claudo; prop. shut in, hampered,
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.—
C. Wavering, untrustworthy: “clauda pars officii tui,Ov. P. 3, 1, 86; cf.: “clauda fides,Sil. 13, 33.— No comp. or sup.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (14):
    • Cicero, Against Piso, 28.69
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 5
    • Tacitus, Annales, 2.24
    • Plautus, Aulularia, 1.1
    • Plautus, Pseudolus, 2.2
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 4.436
    • Cornelius Nepos, Agesilaus, 8.1
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 37, 24.6
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 1.30
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 9, 4.116
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 9, 4.70
    • Ovid, Tristia, 3.1
    • Ovid, Ex Ponto, 3.1
    • Curtius, Historiarum Alexandri Magni, 9.9.13
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