clava: Difference between revisions
m (Text replacement - "]]>" to "]]") |
(D_2) |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{Lewis | {{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]]. | |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]]. | ||
}} | |||
{{Gaffiot | |||
|gf=<b>clāva</b>,¹¹ æ, f. ([[clavus]]), massue : Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 94 ; Nep. Dat. 3, 2 || [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. | |||
}} | }} | ||
Revision as of 06:47, 14 August 2017
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
clāva: ae, f. root cel- of percello; cf. Gr. κλάω and clades.
I 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.—
II In the lang. of economy, a graft, scion, Pall. Mart. 10, 12 and 13; cf. clavula.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
clāva,¹¹ æ, f. (clavus), massue : Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 94 ; Nep. Dat. 3, 2
