claudeo, ēre, or claudo, no perf., sum, ere, v. n. claudus, ground form of the more common claudico, to limp or halt, to be lame, to falter (mostly trop.). Claudeo: an ubi vos sitis, ibi consilium claudeat, Caecil. ap. Prisc. p. 889 P.

— Claudo: neque ignorantia res claudit, Sall. ap. Don. ad Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 84 (id. H. 3, 61, 25 Dietsch): conjuratione claudit, id. ap. Prisc. p. 889 P. (id. H. 3, 80 ib.): claudat amor erga te meus, Front. Ep. p. 122 Nieb.

— Of dub. form (yet it may be supposed that the passages in Cic. belong to claudeo as the regular form; cf. albeo = albico, candeo = candico, etc.; while the passages in Sall. infra belong to claudo): beatam vitam, etiam si ex aliquā parte clauderet, Cic. Tusc. 5, 8, 22: quid est cur claudere aut insistere orationem malint, id. Or. 51, 170 Meyer N. cr.: in quācumque enim unā (parte) plane clauderet, orator esse non posset, id. Brut. 59, 214: nihil socordia claudebat, Sall. Fragm. ap. Don. ad Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 84; and id. ib. 2, 3, 39 (id. H. inc. 107 Dietsch): si alterā parte claudet respublica, Liv. 22, 39, 3 Weissenb. ad loc.; Gell. 1, 7, 20; 13, 20, 10; App. Flor. 18, p. 359; id. de Deo Socr. 17, p. 51; Symm. Ep. 1, 27.