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laticlavius

laticlavius · adj

having a broad purple stripe, broad-striped

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Where it lives

Nero 1 · 1.28/10k
Alexander Severus 1 · 0.94/10k
Satyricon 2 · 0.66/10k
Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant

lātĭclāvĭus — Lewis & Short

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 platu/shmon, Gloss. Philox.; Dig. 24, 1, 42: per laticlavii honorem, Lampr. Commod. 4.

In the wild

laticlauio Suetonius, Nero 26.2
laticlaviam Petronius, Satyricon 32
laticlauia Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 5.1.7
laticlaviam Historia Augusta, Alexander Severus 21
laticlavium Petronius, Satyricon 76

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