clīnĭcus, i, m., = κλινικός [κλίνη, the bed].
I A physician who attends patients sick in bed , Mart. 9, 97; cf. MEDICVS, Inscr. Orell. 2983: deus, Prud. Apoth. 205.—
II A patient confined to his bed , Hier. Ep. 105, n. 5.—
III A bearer of the bier , sexton , grave-digger , Mart. 3, 93, 24 (al. archiclinico; cf. id. 1, 31).—
IV One who was baptized when sick or infirm , Cypr. Ep. 69 fin.