Claudĭus (Clōdĭus, like claudo and clodo, codex and caudex, plostrum and plaustrum, etc.), Claudĭa, Clōdĭa,
I the name of two very celebrated Roman gentes (one patrician, the other plebeian; cf. Suet. Tib. 1 and 2; Verg. A. 7, 708; Liv. 2, 16, 4).
A Claudius; so,
1 App. Claudius Caecus (v. Appius).—
2 The historian Q. Claudius Quadrigarius, a contemporary of Sulla and Sisenna , Vell. 2, 9, 6; Gell. 1, 7, 9.—Called simply Claudius, Liv. 8, 19, 13; 9, 5, 2.—
3 The emperor Claudius; in full, Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus, Suet. Claud. 1 sqq.; Tac. A. 11, 1 sqq.—
4 In fem. : Claudĭa , a female of the gens Claudia.—
B Clodius. Thus the restless tribune of the people , and enemy of Cicero , P. Clodius Pulcher, who was killed by Milo; v. Cic. Mil.—
II Hence,
A Claudĭus ( Clōd- ), a, um, Claudian , Clodian : Via Claudia (Clodia), a branch of the Via Cassia, Ov. P. 1, 8, 44; Front. Aquaed. 11.—Aqua Claudia, an aqueduct begun by the emperor Caligula , and finished by the emperor Claudius , Front. Aquaed. 13 sq.; Suet. Claud. 20 Bremi.—Tribus Claudia, beyond the Anio , named after the progenitor of the gens Claudia, Liv. 2, 16, 5; Verg. A. 7, 708; cf. Serv. in h. l.—Leges Clodiae, proceeding from the tribune of the people , Clodius , Cic. Sest. 25 and 26; cf. Orell. Ind. Leg. s. h. v.—
B Claudĭānus , a, um, adj., of or pertaining to a Claudius (esp. to the emperor of this name): castra, of App. Claudius Pulcher , Liv. 23, 31, 3: tonitrua, named after the same , Paul. ex Fest. p. 57, 10 Müll.: tempora, of the emperor Claudius , Tac. A. 14, 11; id. H. 5, 12: cometa, visible in his time , Sen. Q. N. 7, 21 and 29.—
C Clōdĭ-ānus , a, um, adj., pertaining to Clodius , the enemy of Cicero : crimen, his murder , Cic. Mil. 27, 72: incendia, caused by him , id. Q. Fr. 2, 1, 2: operae, id. ib. 2, 3, 2.