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lātĭclāvĭus: a, um, adj. 1. latus-clavus, II. 4.,
I having a broad purple stripe, broad-striped.
I Adj.: mappa, Petr. 32: tunica (a mark of distinction borne by senators, military tribunes of the equestrian order, and the sons of distinguished families who were fitting themselves for offices of state; cf. clavus), Val. Max. 5, 1, n. 7: tribunus, Suet. Dom. 10; Inscr. Orell. 133.—
II Subst.
A lātĭclāvĭus, ii, m., one entitled to wear the latus clavus, a senator, patrician: a quodam laticlavio prope ad necem caesus, Suet. Ner. 26; id. Aug. 38.—
B lātĭclāvĭum, ii, n., for laticlavus, a broad purple stripe on the tunic, worn as a mark of distinction (v. supra): laticlavium πλατύσημον, Gloss. Philox.; Dig. 24, 1, 42: per laticlavii honorem, Lampr. Commod. 4.

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