claudus

claudus ( clūdus, Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 64; and clōdus, Arat. Act. Apost. 266), a, um, adj. [root klu-; v. claudo; prop. shut in, hampered], 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.