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clementissimus, h. e. erga innocentiam. 
Cic. Cupio P. C. me esse clementem. 
Ncpos. Continens, clemens, patiensque 
admirandum in modum. Cic. demen¬ 
ti castigatione uti. Terent. animus in 
aliquem. Id. Justa et clemens servitus, 
light, easy. Plin. Arimphffiis ritus Cle¬ 
mentes, humane. So, Sallust. Clemens 
rumor, moderate, not exaggerating; or 
extenuating, less than the truth. Claudian. 
Insula clemens ratibus , Jit fur landing. 
CLeMeNTER (clemens), adv. gently, 
mildly, quietly, placidly, fiavx°> f> yptpa. 
Plaut. Animo male est: recipiam an- 
helitum. Pe. clementer acquiesce, 
easily, gradually. Id. Hodiene exone- 
ramus navem, frater? Pa. clementer 
volo. Id. Eu. Sequere sis. Ch. se- 
quor. Ea. clementer, qureso, calces 
deteris. Senec. Tremere clementius 
quidem, sed, &c., less violently. Stat. 
Spirant clementius Austri, with less fury. 
— Of places, with a gentle ascent, gradu¬ 
ally. Tacit. Collis clementer assurgens. 
Senec. crelum petens Clementer acto 
colie Parnassus biceps. Sil. Clemen¬ 
ter crescente jugo. So, Tacit. Si qua 
juga clementius adirentur, by a less la¬ 
borious ascent. Lactant. Teretes sura 
clementer exstantes, moderately, just 
enough. - IT Often, mildly, kindly, 
moderately, bcnignantly, mercifully. Cic. 
Si quid factum est clementer, ut disso¬ 
lute factum criminari. Id. accipere 
aliquem. Id. ferre aliquid. Cuts, jus 
discere, h. e. without passion or harsh¬ 
ness. Plaut. Facere aliquid clemen- 
tissime. Liv. Clementer ductis iniliti- 
bus, h. e. without plundering or ravag¬ 
ing. 
CLeMeNTIX (Id.), re, f. calmness, still¬ 
ness, tranquillity, mildness, yaXyvy, ype- 
pia. Colum. Clementia hiemis, clemen¬ 
cy. Lucan, cadi. Plin. Ep. restatis. 
Jipulei. ventorum. Claudian. gurgitis, 
h. e. placidus cursus.-IT Often, of 
the temper or disposition, moderation, 
kindness, gentleness, benignity, humanity, 
clemency, readiness to forgive, mercy. 
Cic. Clementiam, mansuetudinem in 
tantam crudelitatem inhumanitatemque 
conversam. Id. Omnia plena demen¬ 
ti®, inansuetudinis, humanitatis. Id. 
Lenitas et clementia. Terent. Facilitas 
et clementia. Oell. Clementia et miseri- 
cordia. Quintil. Juris clementia. Plin. 
Elephanti clementia contra minus vali- 
dos. Id. Leonis dementia in supplices. 
Stat. Fecunda clementia Nili (referring 
to its fertilizing inundations).— Hence, 
Clementia, an .imperial title. Spartian. 
Et multos et clementiam tuam, your 
grace. 
CL2C5BIS, is, m. KXso/fig, the brother of 
Biton, who, with his brother, was reward¬ 
ed by the gods with a speedy death, for his 
filial affection. Cic. 
CLEONiE, arum, or CL£oNe, es, f. KAroi- 
yui, a town of Peloponnesus, on the bor¬ 
ders of Achaia and Argolis. Ovid. — 
Hence, Cleonceus, a, um, adj. of or per¬ 
taining to the same. Lucan. Cleon®us 
leo, It. e. the Neincan; for demur, was 
near the JVemcan wood. Martial. Cle- 
onffium sidus, h. e. the constellation of 
the Lion — Hence, Stat. Cleonsa stirps, 
h. c. of Hercules. 
CLEONICIoN (k\cwvikiov), ii, n. horse- 
thyme ; same as Clinopodion. Plin. 
CL£5PXTRX, ®, f. KXsorrarpa, the sister 
and wife of the last Ptolemy, king of 
Egypt, loved by Caisar, and afterwards 
married by Antony, upon whose defeat she 
destroyed herself by the bite of asps, that 
she might not be led in triumph by Augus¬ 
tus. Her voluptuousness and extrava¬ 
gance are notorious. Cats. — Hence, 
Cleopatranus, and Cleopatncus, a, um, 
adj. of or pertaining to, or like Cleopatra. 
Trcbell. Poll, and Sidon. 
TLePS (kXcvtw), is, psi, ptum, a. and n. 
3. to thieve, steal, purloin, pilfer. Plaut. 
Rape, clepe, tene, harpaga. Vetus Poeta 
ap. Cic. agnum. Cic. Rapere ubi pueri, 
et clepere discunt. Manil. furto mun- 
dum. - IT Figur. Pacuv. ap. Non. 
Setmonem hie nostrum ex occulto cle- 
pit, steals, h. e. listens to secretly, over¬ 
hears. Ace. ap. Non. auribus verba. 
- IT Also, to hide, cover, conceal. 
Senec. Dolor, qui potest clepere se. Id. 
Se tegmine ingenti clepit. -IT Liv. 
(ex vetere rogatione) Clepsit for clep- 
serit. Cic. (e leg. xii. tab.) Cleperit 
for clepserit.-IT Hence, Clepso, is, 
frequentat. I.ucil. ap. Parr 
CLePSyDRA (xXcifsvSpa), re, f. a water- 
glass, or vessel for measuring time by 
water, similar to our sand-glasses; in 
which the water flowed by drops from a 
glass vessel into another vessel, upon 
ichich the hours were marked by lines. 
By this the time was reckoned in judicial 
proceedings, and the speeches of the advo¬ 
cates limited. Cic. — It was also used in 
the camp. Veget. -IT Hence, a cer¬ 
tain definite length of lime for speaking 
before a court. Plin. Ep. Petere et dare 
binas clepsydras (where dare is spoken 
of the judges, and petere of the counsel). 
The time denoted by clepsydra was 
about a quarter of an hour. -IT Hence, 
Clepsydrarius, ii, nr. a maker or seller 
of water-clocks. Inscript. 
CLEPTXjVArrrrr/;), ®, m. a thief. Plaut. 
CLkRICaLIS (clericus), e, adj. clerical. 
3 Sidon. 
CLeRICaTOS (Id.), us, m. the clericalpro- 
3 fession ; clerkship. Hieronym. 
CLeRICOS (clerus), i, m. a clerk, clergy- 
3 man, or priest. Hieronym. 
CEeRuM£NQE (xXripovpcvoi, h. e. sorti- 
3 entes), the name of a comedy of Dipliilus. 
Plaut. 
CLeROS (xXijpos, sors), i, m. the clergy, in 
3 ecclesiastical writers.-IT Also, an 
abortion of bees. Plin. for which clavus 
is also read. 
CLIBXNaRIOS (clibaniis), ii, m. a 
3 cuirassier, cataphract.. Lamprid. 
CLIBANICIiJS, or CLIBANITIOS (cliba- 
3 nus), a, um, adject, ad clibanum perti- 
nens. Isidor. 
CLIBANttS (kX'i/3iivos), i, m. a portable 
oven; a vessel, broader at the bottom 
than at the top, in which bread, cake, 
&c., were baked. Plin. and Colum. 
-IT Sulpic. Sever, and Tertull. have 
clibanus for an oven or furnace. 
CLIDION (nXeidiov), ii, n. the throat of 
the tunny-fish; esteemed a delicacy. 
Plin. 
CLIDuCHOS (kXciSovxo!), i, m. holding 
keys. Plin. 
CLIeNS (perhaps kXvio, to hear, obey), 
entis, m. a client. — At Rome, one who 
attached himself to some powerful man as his 
patron (patronus), and who defended him 
if necessary either in the senate or be¬ 
fore a court; a client, iu\drr\q. Cic. and 
Juvenal. -IT In Gaul, in the time of 
Cresar, many persons of high rank had in 
their train a multitude of clients, who 
were also called ambacti and soldurii. 
Ca;s. Orgetorix omnem suam familiam, 
omnes clientes, obreratosque suos eodern 
conduxit. Id. Hiequites plurimos circum 
se ambactos clientesque habent. So, Id. 
B. O. 6, 19.-IT In Gaul also, whole 
nations or people were the clients of a 
more powerful people, as the Eburones 
of the Treviri. Ciss. -IT Horat. cli- 
entium and clientum. 
CLIeNTA (cliens), re, f. a female client, 
3 ireXans • Plant, and Horat. 
CLIeNTeLX (Id.), a;, f. the state or rela¬ 
tion of clients to their patrons at Rome ; 
the condition of a client, clientship ; pat¬ 
ronage, protection, neXareia. Cicero. 
Quam illarn clientelam honestam judi- 
cem, h. e. to be the patron (of the Sicili¬ 
ans). Id. Esse in fide et clientela ali¬ 
en jus, h. e. to be his client. Id. Conferre 
se in fidem et clientelam alterius. Te¬ 
rent. Commendare se alicui in cliente¬ 
lam et fidem. Sucton. Poet® sub cli¬ 
entela Musarum sunt, protection. — 
Also, a train of clients or dependants; 
in which sense the plural generally 
stands. Cic. Pro clientelis hospitiisque 
provincialibus. Vslid. Ager Picenus, 
qui totus paternis ejus clientelis refertus 
erat. Sueton. Clientelas alicujus vexare. 
— Sing. in Justin. Sordidam clientelre 
sure partem.-IT Also, the relation of 
a weaker people to a more powerful, in 
Gaul; clientship. (See Cliens.) Cais. 
Dicare se alicui in clientelam. — Also, 
these clients or allies themselves. Cas. 
Magnre eorurn (/Eduorum) erant cli¬ 
entela 1 . 
CLIeNTOLA (clienta), re, f. diminut. an 
150 
humble or insignificant female client. 
Ascon. 
CLIeX'TOLOS (cliens), i, m. diminut. 
2 A act. Dial, de Orat. Ne clientuloruin 
loco numerarentur. • 
CLIMA (xXTpa), Atis, n. a measure of land, 
containing sixty square feet, the eighth 
part of a jugerum. Colum. -TT In 
astronwny, an inclination towards the 
pole ; ll. e. a portion of the world between 
north and south, varying in the longest 
day half an hour’s space; a clime, cli¬ 
mate, nXipa. Apul. 
CLIMACIS (xXi/ra/cis), idis & ldos, f. a 
3 little ladder, staircase. Vitruv. 
CLIMaCTeR (xXi paKryp), eris, m. a 
2 year of one’s life, at the close of which 
some great change is supposed to befall the 
body ; a dimacteral year, climacter. Plin. 
CLIMaCTeRICOS (climacter), a, um, 
2 adject, climacteric, ciimacterical, kXl- 
paKrypiKb^. Censorin. annus. So, Plin. 
Ep. tempus, h. e. when one is in a cli¬ 
macteric year. 
CLTMACOLrE, arum, f. Oell. — Also 
read, Clamacula, a kind of weapons. 
CLIMaTIAH (nXipariai), arum, m. 
3 motions of the earth, or earthquakes, lev¬ 
elling houses, hills, &c. Ammian. 
CLIMAX (xXipaQ, acis, f. properly a lad- 
3 der, staircase ; hence, in oratory, the fig¬ 
ure of speech climax, when one member of 
a sentence rises above another, until it has 
attained its height. Martian. Capell. 
CLINaM£N (clino), inis, n. a bending, 
3 inclination, deflection. Lucret. principio- 
rum, kXloi(. 
CLINICe (xXtvtieil, sc. rtxvy), es, f. that 
2 part of physic which prescribes medicine 
and regimen to bedrid persons. Plin. 
CLINICOS (kXivikos), i, m. a physician 
3 attending bedrid patients; a physician. 
Martial. Herodes clinicus. Prudent. 
Clinicus deus, h. c. JEsculapius. - 
IT Sometimes, a bedrid person. Hxero- 
nym. -IT Also, a grave-digger, sex¬ 
ton ; because he carried out the dead on 
a couch or bier. Martial. -IT Cyprian. 
Clinici, persons who from infirmity were 
sprinkled only with the water of baptism. 
CLIN5 (xXiVti),) as, a. 1. to bend, incline. 
Cic. in Arat. Clinata est Aqtiilonis ad 
auras. Lucret. Clinare necesse est cor¬ 
pora. 
CL!N5PALe ( xXivovdXy, from icXivy, lec- 
2 tus, and naXy, lucta), f. lecti palrestra, 
lucta. Sucton. Assiduitatem concubi- 
tus, velut exercitationis genus, clinopa- 
lem vocabat. 
CLIN8P5DISN (icXivoKcifiiov), ii, n. the 
herb horse-thyme, or wild basil. Plin. 
CLINSPOS (kXw6itovs), odis, m. the foot 
of a bed. Lucil. ap. Macrob. 
CLIo, us, f. KXrid), oils, Clio, the muse of 
history. Ovid. -IT Also, a sea-nymph. 
Virg. 
CLIPEUS. See Clypeus. 
CLITeLLiE (unc.), arum, f. dorsers or 
dorsels, set on the backs of beasts of bur¬ 
den, especially asses, that they may carry 
their loads with greater ease ; a kind of 
pannier or pack-saddle, a sumpter-saddle, 
uavSfiXia, imaaypa. Horat. Muli cli- 
tellas ponunt. Phcedr. Clitellas asino 
imponere. Id. portare. Plant, vehere. 
— Bovi clitellas imponere, proverb., see 
Bos. 
CLITeLLaRIOS (clitellre), a, um, adj. 
2 bearing dorsers, dorsels, or a pack-saddle. 
Cato, asini. Colum. mulus. — So, 
figur. Plaut. Ego homines liabeo clitel- 
larios; quidquid imponas, vehunt, h. c. 
who will bear any thing. 
CLITeRNINOS " (cliternum), a, um, 
adject, of or pertaining to Cliternum, a 
town of the JEqui. Cic. 
CLITOR, oris, m. and CLiTORIUM, ii, 
n. a city of tdreadia. Plin. and Liv. — 
Hence, Clitorius, a, um, adj. of or per¬ 
taining to the same. Ovid, fons, h. e. 
near the city ; this fountain is said to 
have made those who drank of it tem¬ 
perate. 
CLITuMNOS, i, m. a river of Umbria, in 
Italy. Virg. and Plin. — Clitumnus, 
a, um, adj. of Clitumnus. Stat. no- 
valia. — There was a temple of Jupiter 
near this river. Hence, Vil. Sequest. 
Clitumntis Jupiter. — Virg. calls the 
river sacrum flumen. 
CLI VIA AVIS, a bird that in s( othsaying 
