. The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary and Greek lexicon; forming a glossary of all the words representing visible objects connected with the arts, manufactures, and every-day life of the Greeks and Romans, with representations of nearly two thousand objects from the antique. he stapleinto which a bolt shoots, to which ithas a considerable resemblance. CLAVA (pSwaAop). A stout,rough stick, thickening towards thebutt-end, such aswe might term acudgel; sometimesused in an offen-sive manner ( ii. 4. 43.),and frequentlycarried out of af-fectation by theancient philoso-phers,
. The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary and Greek lexicon; forming a glossary of all the words representing visible objects connected with the arts, manufactures, and every-day life of the Greeks and Romans, with representations of nearly two thousand objects from the antique. he stapleinto which a bolt shoots, to which ithas a considerable resemblance. CLAVA (pSwaAop). A stout,rough stick, thickening towards thebutt-end, such aswe might term acudgel; sometimesused in an offen-sive manner ( ii. 4. 43.),and frequentlycarried out of af-fectation by theancient philoso-phers, instead ofa walking stick(Sidon. Epist. ix. 9. Id. 197.), as shownby the annexed figure of Democritus,from an engraved gem. 2. A heavy stick or stave, withwhich recruits were made to gothrough their exercises in lieu of asword, and which they used againstthe dummy or manikin (palus), awooden figure set up for the Senect. 16. Veget. Mil. ii. 11. 3. (poiraXov. Soph. Tr. 512.) Aclub or bludgeon, such as was used byHercules and Theseus. (Prop. iv. 9. 39. Suet. Nero, 53.) It is alwaysrepresented by the ancient sculptorsand painters as a formidable weapon,made thick and heavy at one extre-mity, and gradually tapering towardsthe other, by which it was held in. CLAVARIUM. CLAVIGER. 173 the hand; and frequently with theknots left rough upon it (irrasa, viii. 584.); as in the example,representing the club of Hercules,from a Pompeian painting. CompareClaviger, 1. 4. (^KOpVVT], pOTTCLhOV 0~lb*i)p(a T6TU- Xoifxivov). A mace, or war club,having an iron head, thickly studdedwith knobs or sharp spikes, affixedto the wooden handle. In this form
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