claudus adj. CLAV-, limping, halting, lame: deus: altero pede, N.: pes, H.: pars serpentis, V.

—Prov.: claudus pilam, the lame man (holds fast) the ball.

—Fig., crippled, imperfect, defective: naves, L.

—Of language: carmina alterno versu, i. e. elegies (the alternate verses short), O.

— Wavering, untrustworthy: pars officii tui, O.