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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=clava clavae N F :: golf-club; (Cal)<br />clava clava clavae N F :: club, cudgel; staff; knotty/rough/wooden stick; exercise sword; Spartan scytale
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>clāva</b>: ae, f. [[root]] cel- of [[percello]]; cf. Gr. [[κλάω]] and [[clades]].<br /><b>I</b> A [[knotty]] [[branch]] or [[stick]], a [[staff]], [[cudgel]], [[club]]: adfer duas clavas... probas, Plaut. Rud. 3, 5, 20; Lucr. 5, 968: sternentes agmina clavā, Verg. A. 10, 318; Curt. 9, 4, 3; Ov. F. 1, 575; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 94; Plin. 19, 1, 3, § 18; a [[bar]], [[lever]], [[Cato]], R. R. 13, 1.—As a [[weapon]] for exercising, used by [[young]] men, and esp. by soldiers, a [[foil]], Cic. Sen. 16, 58; Veg. Mil. 1, 11.—As a [[badge]] of [[Hercules]], Prop. 4 (5) 9, 39; Ov. H. 9, 117; id. M. 9, 114; 9, 236; * Suet. Ner. 53; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 62 Müll.—Hence, prov., clavam Herculi extorquere, for an [[impossible]] [[undertaking]], Macr. S. 5, 3; [[Don]]. Vit. Verg.— Also Clava Herculis, a [[plant]], [[otherwise]] called nymphea, Marc. Emp. 33.—<br /><b>II</b> In the lang. of [[economy]], a [[graft]], [[scion]], Pall. Mart. 10, 12 and 13; cf. [[clavula]].
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>clāva</b>,¹¹ æ, f. ([[clavus]]), massue : Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 94 ; Nep. Dat. 3, 2 &#124;&#124; [pour exercices physiques] : Cic. CM 58 &#124;&#124; bâton [autour duquel les éphores spartiates enroulaient leur message], scytale : Nep. Paus. 3, 4 &#124;&#124; massue d’Hercule : Virg. En. 10, 318 ; Liv. 1, 7, 7 ; Ov. M. 9, 114 &#124;&#124; [[clava]] Herculis (nymphæa) M. Emp. 33, nénuphar &#124;&#124; scion, rejeton d’un arbre : Pall. 4, 10, 11, etc.||[pour exercices physiques] : Cic. CM 58||bâton [autour duquel les éphores spartiates enroulaient leur message], scytale : Nep. Paus. 3, 4||massue d’Hercule : Virg. En. 10, 318 ; Liv. 1, 7, 7 ; Ov. M. 9, 114||[[clava]] Herculis (nymphæa) M. Emp. 33, nénuphar||scion, rejeton d’un arbre : Pall. 4, 10, 11, etc.
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{{Georges
|georg=clāva, ae, f. ([[clavus]]), [[ein]] [[mit]] einem dicken obern od. untern [[Ende]] versehener [[Stock]], der Knotenstock, [[Knüttel]], [[Knüppel]], die [[Keule]], Nep. Dat. 3, 2. Plin. 8, 93 u. 25, 75. – [[speziell]]: der zylinderförmige Holzstab, [[dessen]] [[sich]] die Spartaner beim [[Austausch]] geheimer Befehle bedienten, [[dann]] die ›[[Geheimschrift]]‹, ›geheime [[Depesche]]‹ [[selbst]] ([[als]] [[Übersetzung]] v. [[σκυτάλη]]), Nep. Paus. 3, 4. – Insbes. a) [[als]] [[Stütze]] beim [[Steigen]], clavae, quibus in ascensu nitebantur, [[Front]]. strat. 3, 9, 3. – b) [[als]] [[Werkzeug]] zum [[Schlagen]], α) [[als]] [[Prügel]], zum [[Schlagen]] der Tiere, [[clava]] salignea, Col. 6, 2, 4: u. der Menschen, [[male]] mulcati [[clavis]] ac fustibus repelluntur, Cic. Verr. 4, 94. – β) [[als]] Schlägel zum Klopfen der [[Leinwand]], [[clavis]] [[textum]] tundere, Plin. 19, 18. – c) [[als]] [[Waffe]] zu Fechtübungen, Cic. de sen. 58. Veget. mil. 1, 11 u. 12; 1, 14 ([[bei]] Mart. 7, 32, 8 [[stipes]], b. Iuven. 6, 247 [[sudis]] [[gen]].). – d) [[als]] rohe [[Waffe]], die [[Keule]], Plaut. rud. 807. Lucr. 5, 967. Ov. [[fast]]. 1, 575. Curt. 9, 4 (14), 3. Plin. 8, 93: stehendes Attribut [[des]] Herkules (vgl. Paul. ex [[Fest]]. 62, 7), Verg. Aen. 10, 318. Liv. 1, 7. § 7. Ov. [[met]]. 9, 114 u. 236. Suet. Ner. 53. Apul. flor. 22: [[clava]] Herculea, Prop. 4, 9, 39; übtr. = [[Pflanze]] [[nymphaea]] (w. s.), Marc. Emp. 33. – e) [[als]] (am untern [[Ende]] dickes) Pfropfreis, Pallad. 4, 10, 11 sqq.
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{{LaZh
|lnztxt=clava, ae. f. :: [[蒜頭棍]]。[[太尾之棍]]。[[飛槌]]
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