proper noun · masculinesecond declension
Claudius
Claudius m (genitive Claudiī or Claudī, feminine Claudia)
Classical[ˈkɫau̯.di.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈklaːu̯.di.us]
Meaning
- masculineA Roman gens name.
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Claudius | Claudiī |
| genitive | Claudiī Claudī | Claudiōrum |
| dative | Claudiō | Claudiīs |
| accusative | Claudium | Claudiōs |
| ablative | Claudiō | Claudiīs |
| vocative | Claudī | Claudiī |
Claudĭus (Clōdĭus, like claudo and clodo, codex and caudex, plostrum and plaustrum, etc.), Claudĭa, Clōdĭa,
I. 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, his murder, Cic. Mil. 27, 72: incendia, caused by him, id. Q. Fr. 2, 1, 2: operae, id. ib. 2, 3, 2.Origins
Traditionally said to be from claudus (“lame, limping, crippled”), however, family history relates that the name was adopted as the Romanized form of an earlier Clausus, the Latin spelling of an original Sabine name. A Sabine word cognate with clausus (“shut, closed”), perfect passive participle of claudō (“to shut, close”) seems a more probable origin.
Descendants
- CatalanClaudi
- EnglishClaude
- FrenchClaude
- GermanClaudius
- ItalianClaudio
- PortugueseCláudio
- RomanianClaudiu
- SpanishClaudio
- GalicianClodio
- LithuanianKlaudijus