clītellae, ārum, f.,
I a pack-saddle put upon beasts of burden , especially upon asses , a sumpter-saddle , Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 91; Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 5, 13, 40; Hor. S. 1, 5, 47; id. Ep. 1, 13, 8; Phaedr. 1, 15, 8.—Prov.: bovi clitellas imponere; v. bos, I.—
II Meton.
A The name of a place in Rome : clitellae dicuntur etiam locus Romae propter similitudinem, et in Viā Flaminiā loca quaedam devexa subinde et accliva, Paul. ex Fest. p. 59, 15 Müll.—
B An instrument of torture : est etiam tormenti genus eodem nomine appellatum, Paul. l. l.