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|lshtext=<b>classis</b>: (old orthog. CLASIS, Column. Rostr.; v. under I. B. 2.), is (<br /><b>I</b> acc. [[sing]]. usu. classem; classim, Auct. B. Afr. 9, 2; abl. usu. classe; classi, Verg. A. 8, 11; Liv. 23, 41, 8; Vell. 2, 79), f. [[root]] cal-, cla-, of [[clamo]], [[καλέω]]>; [[prop]]. the [[people]] as [[assembled]] or called [[together]], [[hence]],<br /><b>I</b> After the [[division]] of the Roman [[people]] by [[Servius]] [[Tullius]] [[into]] [[six]] (or, the citizens [[who]] paid [[tribute]] [[alone]] [[being]] reckoned, [[into]] [[five]]) classes,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[class]], Liv. 1, 42, 5; 1, 43, 2 sq.; Cic. Rep. 2, 22, 39 sq.; Gell. 6 (7), 13, 1 sq.; Cic. Fl. 7, 15; Liv. 1, 42, 5; 1, 43, 1 sqq.; Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 43; cf. [[Dion]]. Halic. 4, 16 sq.; 7, 59: prima [[classis]] vocatur... tum secunda [[classis]], etc., Cic. Phil. 2, 33, 82: [[infra]] classem; v. [[classicus]], I.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Trop.: qui (philosophi) mihi cum [[illo]] collati, quintae [[classis]] videntur, i.e. of the lowest [[rank]], Cic. Ac. 2, 23, 73; cf. [[classicus]], I. B.—Hence,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In milit. lang., the [[whole]] [[body]] of the citizens called to [[arms]], an [[army]]. 1 Of the [[land]] [[army]] ([[mostly]] [[very]] [[ancient]]): procincta, Lex Numae in Fest. s. v. opima, p. 189, 13 Müll.: [[classis]] procincta [id est [[exercitus]] [[armatus]], Gloss.], Fab. [[Pictor]]. ap. Gell. 10, 15, 4; cf. Gell. 1, 11, 3; Paul. ex Fest. p. 56, 3: classi [[quoque]] ad Fidenas pugnatum cum Vejentibus [[quidam]] in annales rettulere, Liv. 4, 34, 6 Weissenb. ad loc.: Hortinae classes populique Latini, Verg. A. 7, 716 Serv.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of men at [[sea]], the [[fleet]], including the [[troops]] in it (the usu. signif. in [[prose]] and [[poetry]]): CLASESQVE. NAVALES. PRIMOS. ORNAVET.... CLASEIS. POENICAS...., Column. Rostr., v. 7 sq.: nomina in classem [[dare]], Liv. 28, 45, 19: [[cetera]] [[classis]]... fugerunt, id. 35, 26, 9: ut classem duceret in Ligurum oram, id. 40, 26, 8; 41, 24, 13; cf. id. 42, 48, 10: navium [[classis]], id. 22, 37, 13: [[posteaquam]] maximas aedificasset ornassetque classes, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 4, 9: classem instruere [[atque]] ornare, id. Verr. 2, 5, 51, § 135: [[classis]] ornandae reficiendaeque causā, Liv 9, 30, 4: comparare, Cic. Fl. 14, 33: facere, Caes. B. C. 3, 42 al.: classe navigare, by [[ship]], Cic. Fl. 14, 32; cf. Verg. A. 1, 379; 8, 11; Hor.C. 3, 11, 48: classes = naves, Verg. A. 2, 30: geminasque legit de classe [[biremis]], id. ib. 8, 79: omittere, id. ib. 5, 794: armare, id. ib. 4, 299: deducere, id. G. 1, 255: efficere, Nep. Them. 2, 3: ([[Suiones]]) [[praeter]] viros armaque classibus valent, Tac. G. 44. —<br /><b>II</b> In the [[post]]-Aug. per., [[sometimes]], a [[class]], [[division]], in gen.: pueros in classes distribuerant, Quint. 1, 2, 23; so id. 1, 2, 24; 10, 5, 21; Suet. Tib. 46: operarum, Col. 1, 9, 7: servorum, Petr. 74, 7.