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Claudĭus (Clōdĭus , like claudo and clodo, codex and caudex, plostrum and plaustrum, etc.), Claudĭa , Clōdĭa ,
I.the name of two very celebrated Roman gentes (one patrician, the other plebeian; cf. Suet. Tib. 1 and 2; Verg. A. 7, 708; Liv. 2, 16, 4).
A. Claudius; so,
1. App. Claudius Caecus (v. Appius).—
2. The historian Q. Claudius Quadrigarius, a contemporary of Sulla and Sisenna, Vell. 2, 9, 6; Gell. 1, 7, 9.—Called simply Claudius, Liv. 8, 19, 13; 9, 5, 2.—
3. The emperor Claudius; “in full, Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus,Suet. Claud. 1 sqq.; Tac. A. 11, 1 sqq.—
4. In fem.: Claudĭa , a female of the gens Claudia.—
B. Clodius. Thus the restless tribune of the people, and enemy of Cicero, P. Clodius Pulcher, who was killed by Milo; v. Cic. Mil.—
II. Hence,
A. Claudĭus (Clōd- ), a, um, Claudian, Clodian: Via Claudia (Clodia), a branch of the Via Cassia, Ov. P. 1, 8, 44; Front. Aquaed. 11.—Aqua Claudia, an aqueduct begun by the emperor Caligula, and finished by the emperor Claudius, Front. Aquaed. 13 sq.; Suet. Claud. 20 Bremi.—Tribus Claudia, beyond the Anio, named after the progenitor of the gens Claudia, Liv. 2, 16, 5; Verg. A. 7, 708; cf. “Serv. in h. l.—Leges Clodiae,proceeding from the tribune of the people, Clodius, Cic. Sest. 25 and 26; cf. Orell. Ind. Leg. s. h. v.—
B. Claudĭānus , a, um, adj., of or pertaining to a Claudius (esp. to the emperor of this name): “castra,of App. Claudius Pulcher, Liv. 23, 31, 3: tonitrua, named after the same, Paul. ex Fest. p. 57, 10 Müll.: “tempora,of the emperor Claudius, Tac. A. 14, 11; id. H. 5, 12: “cometa,visible in his time, Sen. Q. N. 7, 21 and 29.—
C. Clōdĭ-ānus , a, um, adj., pertaining to Clodius, the enemy of Cicero: “crimen,his murder, Cic. Mil. 27, 72: “incendia,caused by him, id. Q. Fr. 2, 1, 2: “operae,id. ib. 2, 3, 2.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (17):
    • Cicero, Letters to his brother Quintus, 2.1.2
    • Cicero, For Milo, 27.72
    • Cicero, For Sestius, 25
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 7.708
    • Suetonius, Divus Claudius, 20
    • Tacitus, Annales, 11.1
    • Tacitus, Annales, 14.11
    • Tacitus, Historiae, 5.12
    • Suetonius, Divus Claudius, 1
    • Suetonius, Tiberius, 1
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 2, 16.4
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 23, 31
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 9, 5
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 8, 19
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 2, 16.5
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 1.7.9
    • Ovid, Ex Ponto, 1.8
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