angusticlavius
φύγωμεν οὖν τὴν συνήθειαν ... ἄγχει τὸν ἄνθρωπον, τῆς ἀληθείας ἀποτρέπει → so let's stay away from the habitual ... it strangles us, turns us away from the truth
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
angustĭclāvĭus: a, um, adj. angustus-clavus,
I wearing a narrow (purple) stripe; an epithet of a plebeian tribune, who, as a plebeian, could wear only a narrow stripe of purple on his tunic (while the tribune from the nobility had a broad stripe, v. laticlavius), Suet. Oth. 10.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
angusticlāvĭus,¹⁶ ĭī, m., qui porte l’angusticlave [tribun plébéien] : Suet. Oth. 10.
Latin > German (Georges)
angusticlāvius, ī, m. (angustus u. clavus), mit schmalem Purpurstreif an der Tunika, durch den sich die Kriegstribunen des plebejischen Standes von denen aus dem Ritterstande (laticlavii) unterschieden, tertiae decimae legionis tribunus angusticlavius, Suet. Oth. 10.
Latin > English
angusticlavius angusticlavia, angusticlavium ADJ :: having/wearing a narrow purple band (sign of equestrian rank)
