clavum

clavum is a Latin form of clavus, meaning “nail; purple stripe (on a tunic)”. It is the accusative singular masculine noun.

Found 33 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes 4.75: etiam novo quidam amore veterem amorem tamquam clavo clavum eiciendum putant; maxume autem admonendus est, quantus sit furor amoris. omnibus enim ex animi perturbationib …

Suetonius, Divus Julius 80.2: … lgo cane bantur FPR p. 330: Gallos Caesar in triumphum ducit, idem in curiam: Galli bracas deposuerunt, latum clauum sumpserunt. Quinto Maximo suffecto trimenstrique consule theatrum introeunte, cum lictor animaduerti ex more …

All forms of clavus (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.