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clausŭla , ae. f. claudo.
I. A close, conclusion, end (cf. claudo, I. B.; in good prose; “most freq. in Quint.): in quo (mimo) cum clausula non invenitur,” a fitting end, Cic. Cael. 27, 65: “tantum bonam clausulam inpone,” Sen. Ep. 77, 20; Suet. Aug. 99: “epistulae,” Cic. Phil. 13, 21, 47; id. Fam. 2, 4, 2: “edicti,” Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 14, § 35: “clausulam inponere disputationi,” Col. 3, 19, 3: “peracti operis,” id. 12, 57, 5: “summae nervorum,” Plin. 11, 45, 101, § 247.—
II. Esp.
A. In rhet., the close of a period, Cic. de Or. 2, 59, 240; 3, 44, 173; 3, 46, 181; 3, 50, 192; id. Or. 64, 215 sq.; Quint. 8, 5, 13; 9, 3, 77; 9, 4. 50; 9, 4, 70; 9, 4, 101; “opp. initiun,” id. 8, 5, 4; 9, 3, 45; 9, 4, 62; 9, 4, 67; “9, 4, 107 al.: et calx,” id. 8, 5, 30.—
B. In jurid. Lat., the conclusion of a legal formula, Dig. 4, 8, 25; 4, 6, 23; 4, 6, 26; and hence in gen., any clause or section of a law, ib. 3, 3, 15 pr.; 35, 3, 3 pr.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 2.4.2
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    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.3.35
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    • Suetonius, Divus Augustus, 99
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    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 9, 4
    • Seneca, Epistulae, 77.20
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