clavo

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

clāvo, no perf., ātum, 1, v. a. [clavus] (rare; not ante-Aug.; mostly in part. perf.).

I To furnish or fasten with nails , to nail , Paul. Nol. 21, 103: clavata concha, i. e. furnished with points or prickles , Plin. 9, 36, 61, § 130.—

II To furnish with a purple stripe (cf. clavus, II. D.): mantilia cocco clavata, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 37: clavata auro tunica, Vop. Bonos. 15; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 56, 9 Müll.