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  • 1 clāvus

        clāvus ī, m    [CLAV-], a nail: clavi ferrei, Cs.: clavos figentes, L.: clavo ab dictatore fixo, L.: ex hoc die clavum anni movebis, i. e. reckon the beginning of the year: tamquam clavo clavum eiciendum: beneficium trabali clavo figere, with a spike, i. e. to clinch: Necessitas Clavos trabalīs Gestans, H. — A rudder, helm: clavum ad litora torquere, V. — Fig.: clavum tanti imperi. — A purple stripe (on the tunic, broad for senators, narrow for the equites): lati clavi, L.: latus clavus (absurdly assumed by the praefect of a village), H.—Poet., a striped tunic: mutare, H.
    * * *
    I
    callus, wart, tumor, excrescence; foul brood in bees; fungus disease in olives
    II
    nail, spike, rivet; purple stripe on tunic; tiller/helm, helm of ship of state

    Latin-English dictionary > clāvus

  • 2 murex

    mūrex, ĭcis, m.
    I.
    The purple-fish, Plin. 9, 36, 60, § 125; Enn. ap. App. Mag. p. 299, 11 (Heduph. v. 11, p. 167 Vahl.):

    Baianus,

    Hor. S. 2, 4, 32.—The Tritons used the shell as a tuba, Val. Fl. 3, 726.—The shells were also used for holding liquids, Mart. 3, 82, 27.—And for adorning grottos:

    summa lacunabant alterno murice conchae,

    Ov. M. 8, 563.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    The purple dye, purple, made from the juice of the purple-fish:

    Tyrioque ardebat murice laena,

    Verg. A. 4, 262.—
    B.
    Of bodies shaped (pointed) like the purplefish.
    1.
    A pointed rock or slone:

    acuto in murice remi Obnixi crepuere,

    Verg. A. 5, 205:

    Cato sternendum forum muricibus censuerat,

    with small, pointed stones, Plin. 19, 1, 6, § 24.—
    2.
    A sharp murex-shell used for a bridle-bit:

    acuto murice frenat Delphinas bijuges,

    Stat. Achill. 1; 221.—
    3.
    A caltrop, with sharp points in every direction:

    murices ferreos in terram defodisse Dareum, quā hostem equites emissurum esse credebat,

    Curt. 4, 13, 36; Val. Max. 3, 7, 2.—
    4.
    A spike of iron:

    armarium muricibus praefixum,

    Gell. 6, 4, 4.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > murex

  • 3 vallus

    1.
    vallus, i, m. [cf. Gr. hêlos, nail], a stake, pale.
    I.
    In gen. (rare).
    a.
    For supporting vines, Verg. G. 1, 264; 2, 25.—
    b.
    A pole set with teeth and fastened to a cart, pushed forwards by oxen placed behind;

    used by the Gauls for cutting grain,

    Plin. 18, 30, 72, § 296 (in Pall. 7, 2, called vehiculum).—
    II.
    Esp., in milit. lang., a stake, palisade, used for intrenchment (freq. and class.): qui labor, quantus agminis;

    ferre plus dimidiati mensis cibaria... ferre vallum, etc.,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 16, 37:

    Scipio Africanus militem cottidie in opere habuit et triginta dierum frumentum, ad septenos vallos ferre cogebat,

    Liv. Epit. 57: virgulta vallo caedendo, id. 25, 36, 5:

    vallum cae dere et parare jubet,

    id. 33, 5, 4:

    vallum secum ferente milite,

    id. 33, 6, 1:

    quo qui intraverant, se ipsi acutissimis vallis induebant: hos cippos appellabant,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 73.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Collect. for vallum, a rampart set with palisades, Caes. B. C. 3, 63; Auct. B. Alex. 2, 3; Tib. 1, 10, 9.—
    2.
    In gen., a point, spike:

    pectinis,

    a tooth, Ov. Am. 1, 14, 15.
    2.
    vallus, i, f. dim. [contr. for vannulus, from vannus], a little winnowing-van for grain or provender, Varr. R. R. 1, 52, 2; 1, 23, 5; id. ap. Serv. ad Verg. G. 1, 166.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > vallus

  • 4 vāllus

        vāllus ī, m    [1 VEL-].—In fortification, a stake, palisade: qui labor et quantus agminis... ferre vallum, etc.: vallum caedere et parare, L.: se acutissimis vallis induebant; hos cippos appellabant, Cs.— A rampart with palisades: duplicem fecerat vallum, Cs.—A point, spike, tooth: pectinis, O.—In agriculture, a stake, pole: Exacuunt alii vallos, V.
    * * *
    stake, palisade, point, post, pole

    Latin-English dictionary > vāllus

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