claudeo, ēre, or claudo, no perf., sum, ĕre, v. n. [claudus, ground form of the more common claudico],
I to limp or halt , to be lame , to falter (mostly trop.).
α Claudeo: an ubi vos sitis, ibi consilium claudeat, Caecil. ap. Prisc. p. 889 P.—
β Claudo: neque ignorantia res claudit, Sall. ap. Don. ad Ter. Eun. 164 ( id. H. 3, 61, 25 Dietsch): conjuratione claudit, id. ap. Prisc. p. 889 P. ( id. H. 3, 80 ib.): claudat amor erga te meus, Front. Ep. p. 122 Nieb. —
γ Of dub. form (yet it may be supposed that the passages in Cic. belong to claudeo as the regular form; cf. albeo = albico, candeo = candico, etc.; while the passages in Sall. infra belong to claudo): beatam vitam, etiam si ex aliquā parte clauderet, Cic. Tusc. 5, 8, 22: quid est cur claudere aut insistere orationem malint, id. Or. 51, 170 Meyer N. cr. : in quācumque enim unā (parte) plane clauderet, orator esse non posset, id. Brut. 59, 214: nihil socordia claudebat, Sall. Fragm. ap. Don. ad Ter. Eun. 164; and id. ib. 330 (id. H. inc. 107 Dietsch): si alterā parte claudet respublica, Liv. 22, 39, 3 Weissenb. ad loc.; Gell. 1, 7, 20; 13, 20, 10; Ap. Flor. 18, p. 359; id. de Deo Socr. 17, p. 51; Symm. Ep. 1, 27.