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claustra | clostra, i, rare | claustrum | clostrum (noun N) : (, Cato, R. R. 13, 3; 135, 2), , (in sing.: , , Caes. Germ. Arat. 197; Curt. 4, 5, 21; 7, 6, 13; Petr. 89, 2, 7; Gell. 14, 6, 3; Luc. 10, 509; App. M. 4, 10, p. 146 fin.; Amm. 23, 4, 6; 26, 8, 8: , Sen. Ben. 7, 21, 2) [clausum, claudo]
* That by which any thing is shut up or closed, a lock, bar, bolt.
* Prop.: claves, claustra, Varr. ap. Non. p. 545, 12: claustra revellere,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 23, § 52; Liv. 5, 21, 10: januae pandere, * Cat. 61, 76: laxare,Verg. A. 2, 259: relaxare,Ov. Am. 1, 6, 17: rumpere,Verg. A. 9, 758: diu claustris retentae ferae,Liv. 42, 59, 2: ferae claustris fractae,Plin. Pan. 81, 3: claustra pati,to submit to confinement,Col. 8, 17, 8: discutere,Petr. 11, 2: reserare,Sil. 7, 334: portarum ingentia claustra,Verg. A. 7, 185; Val. Fl. 3, 53: ferrea,Mart. 10, 28, 8: sub signo claustrisque rei publicae positum vectigal,Cic. Agr. 1, 7, 21.
* Trop., a bar, band, barrier, bounds: arta portarum naturae effringere,i. e. to disclose its secrets,Lucr. 1, 72; cf.: tua claustra fregerunt tui versus,i. e. have become known, public,Plin. Ep. 2, 10, 3: pudoris et reverentiae refringere,id. ib. 2, 14, 4: vitaï claustra resolvere,to loose the bands of life,Lucr. 1, 416; 3, 397; 6, 1152: temporum,Vell. 1, 17, 4: (animus) amat spatiis obstantia rumpere claustra (the figure drawn from the bounds of a racecourse),Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 9.
* In a more extended sense, a door or gate that shuts up any place, a dam, dike; meton., a place that is shut up: urbis relinquant,Ov. M. 4, 86; cf. Thebarum,Stat. Th. 10, 474.—Of sunken ships, closing a port, Liv. 37, 14, 7; cf.: ubi demersis navibus frenassent claustra maris,id. 37, 15, 1: maris,i.e. a harbor, haven,Sil. 12, 442: undae,a dam,id. 5, 44; cf.: Lucrino addita,Verg. G. 2, 161; cf. id. A. 1, 56: Daedalea,i. e. the Labyrinth,Sen. Hippol. 1166 al.
* In milit. lang., a barricade, bulwark, key, defence, fortress, wall, bank, etc., for warding off an enemy: claustra loci,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 32, § 84: Corinthus in faucibus Graeciae, sic ut terra claustra locorum teneret,id. Agr. 2, 32, 87: Sutrium, quae urbs socia Romanis velut claustra Etruriae erat,Liv. 9, 32. 1: Aegypti,id. 45, 11, 5; Tac. H. 2, 82; Suet. Vesp. 7: tutissima praebet,Liv. 42. 67, 6; cf. id. 6, 9, 4; 44, 7, 9; Tac. A. 2, 61 al.: montium,id. H. 3, 2: Caspiarum,id. ib. 1, 6: maris,id. ib. 3, 43; cf. Sil. 12, 442; Tac. A. 2, 59: suis claustris (walls, intrenchments) impeditos turbant, id. ib. 12, 31; cf. id. ib. 4, 49: regni claustra Philae,Luc. 10, 312: Africae,Flor. 4, 2, 70.
* Trop.: cum ego claustra ista nobilitatis refregissem, ut aditus ad consulatum pateret,Cic. Mur. 8, 17: annonae Aegyptus,Tac. H. 3, 8.
* That by which any thing is shut up or closed, a lock, bar, bolt.
* Prop.: claves, claustra, Varr. ap. Non. p. 545, 12: claustra revellere,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 23, § 52; Liv. 5, 21, 10: januae pandere, * Cat. 61, 76: laxare,Verg. A. 2, 259: relaxare,Ov. Am. 1, 6, 17: rumpere,Verg. A. 9, 758: diu claustris retentae ferae,Liv. 42, 59, 2: ferae claustris fractae,Plin. Pan. 81, 3: claustra pati,to submit to confinement,Col. 8, 17, 8: discutere,Petr. 11, 2: reserare,Sil. 7, 334: portarum ingentia claustra,Verg. A. 7, 185; Val. Fl. 3, 53: ferrea,Mart. 10, 28, 8: sub signo claustrisque rei publicae positum vectigal,Cic. Agr. 1, 7, 21.
* Trop., a bar, band, barrier, bounds: arta portarum naturae effringere,i. e. to disclose its secrets,Lucr. 1, 72; cf.: tua claustra fregerunt tui versus,i. e. have become known, public,Plin. Ep. 2, 10, 3: pudoris et reverentiae refringere,id. ib. 2, 14, 4: vitaï claustra resolvere,to loose the bands of life,Lucr. 1, 416; 3, 397; 6, 1152: temporum,Vell. 1, 17, 4: (animus) amat spatiis obstantia rumpere claustra (the figure drawn from the bounds of a racecourse),Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 9.
* In a more extended sense, a door or gate that shuts up any place, a dam, dike; meton., a place that is shut up: urbis relinquant,Ov. M. 4, 86; cf. Thebarum,Stat. Th. 10, 474.—Of sunken ships, closing a port, Liv. 37, 14, 7; cf.: ubi demersis navibus frenassent claustra maris,id. 37, 15, 1: maris,i.e. a harbor, haven,Sil. 12, 442: undae,a dam,id. 5, 44; cf.: Lucrino addita,Verg. G. 2, 161; cf. id. A. 1, 56: Daedalea,i. e. the Labyrinth,Sen. Hippol. 1166 al.
* In milit. lang., a barricade, bulwark, key, defence, fortress, wall, bank, etc., for warding off an enemy: claustra loci,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 32, § 84: Corinthus in faucibus Graeciae, sic ut terra claustra locorum teneret,id. Agr. 2, 32, 87: Sutrium, quae urbs socia Romanis velut claustra Etruriae erat,Liv. 9, 32. 1: Aegypti,id. 45, 11, 5; Tac. H. 2, 82; Suet. Vesp. 7: tutissima praebet,Liv. 42. 67, 6; cf. id. 6, 9, 4; 44, 7, 9; Tac. A. 2, 61 al.: montium,id. H. 3, 2: Caspiarum,id. ib. 1, 6: maris,id. ib. 3, 43; cf. Sil. 12, 442; Tac. A. 2, 59: suis claustris (walls, intrenchments) impeditos turbant, id. ib. 12, 31; cf. id. ib. 4, 49: regni claustra Philae,Luc. 10, 312: Africae,Flor. 4, 2, 70.
* Trop.: cum ego claustra ista nobilitatis refregissem, ut aditus ad consulatum pateret,Cic. Mur. 8, 17: annonae Aegyptus,Tac. H. 3, 8.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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