Claudius, The proper name of diuerse Romaynes, and also the surname of a noble familie in Rome, whiche were euer repugnant to the actes of the common people.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
Claudĭus (Clōdĭus, like claudo and clodo, codex and caudex, plostrum and plaustrum, etc.), Claudĭa, Clōdĭa, the name of two very celebrated Roman gentes (one patrician, the other plebeian; cf. Suet. Tib. 1 and 2; Verg. A. 7, 708; Liv. 2, 16, 4). A. Claudius; so, 1. App. Claudius Caecus (v. Appius).—2.The historian Q. Claudius Quadrigarius, a contemporary of Sulla and Sisenna, Vell. 2, 9, 6; Gell. 1, 7, 9.—Called simply Claudius, Liv. 8, 19, 13; 9, 5, 2.—3.The emperor Claudius; in full, Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus, Suet. Claud. 1 sqq.; Tac. A. 11, 1 sqq.—4. In fem.: Claudĭa, a female of the gens Claudia.—B. Clodius. Thus the restless tribune of the people, and enemy of Cicero, P. Clodius Pulcher, who was killed by Milo; v. Cic. Mil.—II. Hence, A. Claudĭus (Clōd-), a, um, Claudian, Clodian: Via Claudia (Clodia), a branch of the Via Cassia, Ov. P. 1, 8, 44; Front. Aquaed. 11.—Aqua Claudia, an aqueduct begun by the emperor Caligula, and finished by the emperor Claudius, Front. Aquaed. 13 sq.; Suet. Claud. 20 Bremi.—Tribus Claudia, beyond the Anio, named after the progenitor of the gens Claudia, Liv. 2, 16, 5; Verg. A. 7, 708; cf. Serv. in h. l.—Leges Clodiae,
proceeding from the tribune of the people
,
Clodius
, Cic. Sest. 25 and 26; cf. Orell. Ind. Leg. s. h. v.—B. Claudĭānus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to a Claudius (esp. to the emperor of this name): castra,
of App. Claudius Pulcher
, Liv. 23, 31, 3: tonitrua, named after the same, Paul. ex Fest. p. 57, 10 Müll.: tempora,
of the emperor Claudius
, Tac. A. 14, 11; id. H. 5, 12: cometa,
visible in his time
, Sen. Q. N. 7, 21 and 29.—C. Clōdĭ-ānus, a, um, adj., pertaining to Clodius, the enemy of Cicero: crimen,