classis

classis is (abl.e; rarely ī), f

1 CAL-, a class, great division (of the people, formed, according to property, by Servius Tullius), L.: prima classis vocatur ... tum secunda classis, etc.—Fig.: quintae classis videri, i. e. of the lowest rank.—The citizens under arms, an army : Hortinae classes (i. e. copiae), V.— A fleet : nomina in classem dare, L.: maximas aedificare classes: classis ornandae causā, L.: facere, Cs.: classe navigare, by ship : penatīs Classe veho mecum, V.: classibus valent, Ta.