classis is (abl. e; rarely ī), f 1 CAL-, a class, great division (of the people, formed, according to property, by Servius Tullius), L.: prima classis vocatur ... tum secunda classis, etc.

—Fig.: quintae classis videri, i. e. of the lowest rank.

—The citizens under arms, an army: Hortinae classes (i. e. copiae), V.

—A fleet: nomina in classem dare, L.: maximas aedificare classes: classis ornandae causā, L.: facere, Cs.: classe navigare, by ship: penatīs Classe veho mecum, V.: classibus valent, Ta.