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laticlave Rom. Antiq.|ˈlætɪkleɪv|
[ad. late L. lāticlāvium, lāticlāvus, f. lātus broad + clāvus purple stripe. (In cl.L. the term was latus clavus.)]
A badge consisting of two broad purple stripes on the edge of the tunic, worn by senators and certain other classes of persons of high rank.
1658in Phillips. 1739W. Melmoth Fitzosb. Lett. (1749) II. 125 When I was first invested with the laticlave. 1781Gibbon Decl. & F. xvii. II. 30 The Roman knights who were distinguished by the permission of wearing the laticlave. 1793A. Murphy Tacitus (1805) VIII. 11 Pliny the younger shews, that the laticlave was a favour granted by the emperor on particular occasions. 1871Farrar Witn. Hist. iii. 100 A symbol more glorious than the laticlave of consuls or the diadem of kings.
transf.1848B. Webb Continental Ecclesiol. 433 Angels who are in white, with laticlaves of gold. |