CLU 
CLU 
CNE 
gives a sign against any thing being done, 
plin. Others read cliviua. 
CLIVoSOS (clivus), a, um, adj. hilly, full 
g of hills or heights, steep, PovvcbSy;. Virg. 
trames. Id. rus. Plin. solum. Ovid. 
Olympus clivosus, h. e. arduus. — 
Figur. Sil. Clivoso tramite vit®, h. e. 
dilficili, laborioso, et molestiarum pleno. 
CLIVELOS (dimin. from clivus), i, m. a 
2 small hill or steep. Colum. Parietes ad- 
verso clivulo intedificatos, on a rising 
£ round. 
IVES (perhaps icXirys), i, m. an accliv¬ 
ity, ascent; an elevation, eminence, height, 
hill, steep, fioyvds. Virg. Molli jugum 
demittere clivo. Ovid. Descendere 
per clivum. Ctes. Milites ex inferiore 
loco adversus clivum cursu incitati. Id. 
JMollire clivum, to soften the ascent, ren¬ 
der it less steep. So, Sense. Clivum 
frangere. Ovid. Clivus arduus in valles. 
Pandect. Clivos propius januam meara 
jure facere possum. Cic. Clivus 
Capiftlinus, and Ilorat. Clivus sacer, 
h. c. the steep ascent of the Capitoline 
mount. — Hence, every eminence, height, 
devexity, slope. Ovid. Per tabul® ‘cli¬ 
vum labi, h. e. per tabulam devexam. 
So, Id. Clivus mens®, h. e. in®qualitas 
mens® in aliquam partem deflex®_ 
ir Figur. kill, steep, height, h. e. difficulty, 
hindrance. Ovid. Clivo sudamus’in imo, 
h. e. in initio laboris sumus. Petron. 
In medio clivo laborare. Sencc. Clivum 
istum exsupera, h. e. istam difficultatem 
vince.-IT Anciently, also, Clivum, i, 
n. Cato and Frontin. 
CMaCX (unc.), ®, f. a subterranean canal, 
by which the filth was carried off from 
the city with the rains ; a common sewer, 
sink, drain, whether public or private, 
itjttSpiov. Cic. Q,ui de fossis et cloacis 
interdicit. Id. Corporibus civium cloacas 
referciri. Liv. Cloacis e fastigio in Ti- 
berim ductis. Id. detergere. Frontin. 
Abluere cloacas. Pandect. Purgare et 
reficere cloacas. Id. immittere. Id. 
Cloacam facere. Liv. agere._ 
Plaut. Prolue cloacam, h. e. ventrem 
(bibos® anus). 
CLOaCaLIS (cloaca), e, adj. of or per- 
3 taining to a cloaca. Cato ap. Fcst. flu- 
men, h. e. cloacarum omnium col- 
luvie3. Sidon. f®culentia. 
CLOaCaRIUM (Id.), ii, n. a tax or as¬ 
sessment for cleansing or repairing the 
sinks or common sewers . Pandect . a 
CLOACfNA. See Cluacina . 
CL5aC 0LA (dimin. from cloaca), se, f. a 
small sink. Lamprid. 
CLSDrcS (claudus), as, n. 1. to halt, 
limp, same as Claudico. Cic. 
CLoDros, a, um, adj. same as Claudius, 
(which see). One of the most notorious 
of this name is P. Clodius, *t/te enemy of 
Cicero, by whose means the latter was 
driven into exile -Hence, Clodianus, 
a, um, adj. of or pertaining to Clodius. 
Cic. incendia, h. e. by P. Clodius. Id. 
crimen, h. e. the murder of Clodius by 
Milo. Plin. vasa, h. c. made (probably) 
by one Clodius. 
CLoDS, is, a. 3. same as Claudo. Plin. 
CLCELIX, ®, f. a Roman maiden, who 
with other maidens had been given up to 
king Porsena as a hostage, but who with 
them elude.d their guards, and crossed the 
Tiber to Rome in safety. Virg. and Liv. 
CLONES, i ; f. a plant, same as Scclcrata. 
April. 
CLSSTeLLUM (dimin. from clostrum), i, 
3 n. a small lock, or lock. Petron. Rimari 
per clostellum, through the key-hole. 
CLOSTRUM, i, n. same as Claustnim. 
Cato. Punas clostra Rom®. Sencc. Per 
clostrum, qua se commissura laxave- 
rat, &c. 
CL6TH5 (KXm0cj, from/cX(50co, to spin), 
us, f. K XcnSu, one of the Parca, or Fates ; 
her office was to spin the thread of life. 
Ovid. — Hence, Sil. Longa Clotho, h. e. 
long life. 
* ^ ,uo > h - «• P ur goj, or CL5A- 
CiNA, ®, f. the purifying, a name of 
Venus, probably because her statue 
stood in the place where the Romans 
and Sabines in the war about the rape 
of the Sabine women, after having laid 
down their arms, purified themselves 
with myrtle twigs. Plin. 15, 30 
CLuDEN, inis, m. a sword or 
dagger 
used on the stage, and so contrived, that, 
in seeming to penetrate the body , the blade 
slid back into the hilt. Apul Al. leg. 
Clunaculum, which see. 
CLuD5, is, si, sum, a. 3. to shut or close, 
kacuo ; same as Claudo, which see. It 
is frequently used, and by good authors. 
rany, Colum., Quintil., Gell., Ovid., 
Tacit., &lc. -IT Also, for Claudo, is, 11 . 
which see. 
CLOJDSS, a, um, adj. lame, halt; same 
as Claudus. Plaut. 
CL0E5 (kXvoo, audio), es, n. 2. to be 
3 named or called; to be accounted, reputed, 
reckoned, or esteemed; to be famous. 
Plaut. Ita sis, ut nomen cltiet, h. e. as 
your name sounds. Lucrct. Ex Helicone 
coronam, per gentes Italas omnium 
qu® clara clueret. Plaut. Senati qui 
columen eluent. Id. Qui animum 
vincunt, quam quos animus, semper 
probiores eluent. Id. Res magis qu®- 
ritur, quam clientium fides cujusmodi 
clueat. Id. Magna facinora, qu® clara 
et diu clueant. Id. Cluere gloria. Id. 
victoria. — Also, to be said to, &c., to be 
reported, &c., with the infill. Enn. 
ap. Non. Per gentes esse cluebat omni¬ 
um miserrumus. Plaut. Atrid® duo fra- 
tres eluent fecisse facinus maximum. 
—— IT Also, simply, to be, exist. Lucrct. 
Quscumque eluent. Id. Inter se nota 
cluere. Id. (Res) utilis invenietur, at- 
que opportuna cluebit. To this signifi¬ 
cation some of the former passages may 
perhaps be referred.-ir Passively, 
clueri, h. e. esse, dici. Plaut. Quippe 
ego te ni contemnam, stratioticus ho¬ 
mo qui cluear ? 
CLOIS (allied toclueo), e, adject, famous, 
illustrious. Isid. Cluior. 
CLONACELUM, i, 11 . a knife with which 
victims roerc sacrificed ; a sort of cleaver. 
Test. and Gell. — Some take it for a 
kind of sicord. 
CLuNALIS (clunis), e, adj. ad dunes 
pertinens. Avien. in Aral, pedes, h. e. 
hind feet. 
CLuNTCELX (dimin. from clunis), te, f. 
or CLuNICELES, i, m. parva clunis. 
Favorin. ap. Gell. 
CLUNIX, ®, f. a town in Spain on the bor¬ 
ders of Celtiberia, on the Lhirius. Plin. 
— Hence, Cluniensis, e, adj. pertaining 
to Clunia. Plin. 
CLuNINSTARIDYSaRCHIDeS, m. a 
word coined by Plaut. composed of the 
Latin words clunis and instar, and the 
Greek, ySiis, dulcis, or 6vs, ®gre, and 
apxouai, impero. 
CLUNiNUS. See Clurinus. 
CLuNIS, is, f. oftener than m. the buttock, 
haunch, of men and beasts, yXovro s, 
irvyij. Ilorat. Sine clun^ palumbes, 
h. e. macr®. Juvenal. Aliquid de ciuni- 
bus apri. 
CL05, is, a. 3. an old word, same as Pur go. 
3 Plin. - If Also, intrans. same as 
Claeo. Auson and Prudent. 
CLEPEX, ®, f. a very small fish found in 
the Po ; a shad. Plin _11 Also, Clupea 
or Clypea, a city in Africa proper, called 
also Aspis (Gr. KXvirea and ’Ao-ttij). 
Cas. and Liv. — Also, plur. Clupe®, 
arum. Cies. A Clupeis. 
CL0PE_ES, for Clypeus. Enn. See Clypeus. 
CLURINES (clura, an ape), a, um, adject. 
3 Plaut. and Arnob. Clurinum pecus, 
h. e. apes. But in Plaut. there are va¬ 
rious readings ; as, cluninum (from Chi¬ 
na, an ape), &c. 
CLuSa.RIS (cludo for claudo), e, adject. 
3 shutting, closing. Hygin. 
CLuSaR'IES (Id.) a, um, adj. thatisfitfor 
3 shutting, shutting. Hygin. 
CLuSILIS (Id.), e, adj. easily shut.HPlin. 
CLUSIVIUS, for Clusius. Macrob. 
CLuSrUM, ii, n. now Chiusi, a city of 
Etruria, near which was a medicinal foun¬ 
tain. Liv. — Hence Cluslnus, a, um, 
adj. of or pertaining to the same. Horat. 
— The Clusinum far was celebrated for 
its weight and whiteness. Hence. 
Martial. Clusin® pultes. — Clusini, the 
inhabitants. Liv. 
CLESIES, ii, m. a surname of Janus in 
time of peace, from cludo, because then 
the doors of his temple were shut. Ovid. 
CLOSOR (cludo), oris, m. one who shuts or 
3 incloses. Sidon. 
CLuSuRA, same as Clausura, 
151 
CLOSES, a, um, particip. from cludo, for 
claudo. Sencc. 
fA, se, f. a. town of Samnium. in 
Italy. Liv. — Hence, Cluvianus, a, um, 
adj. of or pertaining to this town. Liv. 
CLyBXTIS (KXvfiari;), Idis, f. a plant, 
same^ as Perdicium. Apul. 
CLyMENe, es, f. KXvpevy, a proper name, 
as of the mother of Pliaethon. — Hence 
Clymenels, Idis, f. daughter of Ch/mene'. 
Auct. Consol, ad Liv. — And Ciyme- 
nGIus, a, um, adj. of Chjmcnc. Ovid. 
proles, h. e. Phacthon. Slut, germina, 
h. e. amber, drops of amber; for the sis¬ 
ters of Phaethon were changed into 
trees, distilling amber. 
CLvMENDS, i, 111 . the herb watcr-hetony, 
KXvpevos, a plant so called from Clmne- 
nus, a king of Arcadia. Plin. _ 
II Also, a name of Pluto. Ovid. 
CLyPEA. See Clupea. 
CLyPEaTOS (clypeus), a, um, adj. armed 
with a buckler or shield. Virg. agniina. 
Ovid, seges virorum. So, atisol. “ Curt. 
In proris clypeatos locaverat. -- 
Ii Macrob. Clypeata imago. 
CLyPEQ (Id.), as, a. 1. to arm or equip 
with a shield. Pacuv. apud Non. Chla- 
myde contra. astu clypeat brachium, 
h. c. chlamydem circum brachium in- 
volvit in modum clypei. 
CLyPEOLUM (dimin. from clypeum), i, 
n. a small shield or target. Huoin. 
C ^t?r £0S or OLn> E0S, i, rn. and CLy- 
PeUM or CLIPEUM (unc.), i, n. a 
round shield. Cic. Clypeum Pliidi® 
dissolvere, h. e. the shield of Minerva, 
made by Phidias. Id. Epaminondas 
quresivit, saivusne esset clypeus. — 
Neat. gen. Virg. Clypeum superinto- 
nat. Liv. Galea, clypeum, ocre®. — 
Figur. Claudian. Quern clypeum, de- 
fensoremque dedisti, a shield, defence. 
- If Also, that which is round Wee a 
shield, as, Ovid., Ipse dei clypeus rubet, 
li. e. the disc of flic sun. So, Sencc. Cly¬ 
pei, et vastorum imagines ignium, h. e. 
round meteors. — Also, the vault of heaven, 
concava, convexa. Enn. ap. Varr. In 
altisono cseli clupeo. — Also, a disc or 
shield-like surface, on which were busts of 
gods or distinguished men, in painting or 
relief. Liv. and Suet. In this sense 
clypeum is usual, although clypeus occurs 
tn Tacit, and Sueton. These clypea 
were often fixed up in temples and other 
public places. Liv. -ir Clypeus was 
ot brass, and round ; scutum of wood, 
of an oblong square shape, and covered 
with hidebut this is not always ob¬ 
served. 
CLySMOS (/cXixr/idf), i, m. a clyster. 
o Scribon. Lara. 
CLySTeR (xXucmjp, from tcXigco), eris, 
2 m. a clyster. Cels, and Sueton. _ 
IT Also, a clyster-pipe. Cels. — Also, 
Cels. Oricularius clyster, a syringe, for 
injection into the ears. 
CLySTeRIS (clyster), as, 11 . I. to apply a 
clyster. Veget. 
CLySTeRIUM (KXvcrrypiov), ii, n. same 
3 as Clyster. Scribon. Larg. 
CLySTeRIZS (clyster), as, a. 1. to purge 
3 with a clyster; to apply a clyster to. 
Coil. Aur. 
CLyP/EMNeSTRX,®, f. lCXvraiprriarpa, 
daughter of Lcda, and sister of Helen, 
Castor and Pollux; wife of Agamemnon, 
and mother of Orestes, Electra and Iphi- 
genia. She killed her husband by the help 
of JEgisthus, and was killed by her son. 
Ovid. -IT Also written Clytemncstra. 
— Hence Auson. has the second syllable 
short. 
CLyTIe, es, f. a sea-nymph, beloved by 
Apollo. She teas changed into the flower 
heliotropium. Ovid. 
CNyEOS and CNEES, i, m. a Roman prcc- 
nomen, for which Cn. often stands. It 
was pronounced as if written with G. 
— Gneus, m. and Gaea, f. actually occur 
in Inscript. 
CNeCOS (Kvijicos), i, m. same as Cnicus. 
Colum. Hence, Cneclnus, a, um, adj. 
PUn. : but cnedinus is also read. 
CNeDINES (KviSy or KvnJq), a, um, adj. 
2 of or pertaining to a nettle. Plin. ; others, 
cnccinus. 
CNEoRO- 1 ^ {Kvcojpov), i, or CNESTR5N 
(rrderpov), n. an herb or flower used lit 
garlands, called, also, tliymel*a, or cha- 
