=claudō, ere, clausī, clausus=, _to shut_, _close_, _inclose_. =con--conclūdō, ere, clūsī, clūsus=, _to shut up_, _confine_. =ex--exclūdō, ere, clūsī, clūsus=, _to shut out_, _cut off_, _exclude_. =claustrum, ī= [=claudō=], n., _a barrier_, _hindrance_; _frontier_, _fortress_, _point of control_. =clēmentia, ae= [=clēmēns=, _gentle_], f., =mercifulness=, _forbearance_, _kindness_. =Cleopatra, ae=, f., the famous queen of Egypt. =clībanārius, ī=, m., _a soldier clad in mail_; _a cuirassier_. =clipeus, ī=, m., _a round shield_, as distinguished from =scutum=, _an oblong shield_. =cloāca, ae=, f., _a sewer drain_. =Clōdius, ī=, m., the name of a Roman gens. See =Albīnus=. =Cluentius, ī=, m., a leader of the Marsi in the Marsic war. =Clypea, ae=, f., a fortified town in the northern part of Africa, near Carthage. =Cn.=, abbreviation of the praenomen =Gnaeus=. =coāctus=, see =cōgō=. =Cōchē, ēs=, f., a city on the Tigris, near Ctesiphon. =coepī, isse, coeptus=, defective verb, _to begin_. =coërceō=, see =*arceō=. =coërcitor, ōris= [=coërceō=], m., _one who restrains_, _an enforcer_. =cognitus=, see =cognōscō=. =cognōmen, inis= [=con= + =(g)nōmen=], n., _a surname_, a name added to the individual and clan names of a person, either as a title of honor, as =Africānus=, =Māgnus=, or as a nickname, as =Cicerō=. _Cognōmina_ served to distinguish different families of the same gens. =cognōmentum, ī= [=cognōmen=], n., _a surname_ (rare). =cognōscō=, see =nōscō=. =cōgō=, see =agō=. =Colchī, ōrum=, pl. m., _the inhabitants of Colchis_, in Asia. Col=lātīnus, ī=, m., _(L.) Tarquinius Collātīnus_, the husband of Lucretia, and one of the first two consuls, 509 B.C. =collīnus, a, um=, [=collis=, _a hill_], adj., _pertaining to a hill_, _hilly_; =Porta Collīna=, the Colline Gate. =collum, ī=, m., _neck_. =colō, ere, uī, cultus=, _to till_, _cultivate_; dwell in; practice, cherish; clothe, adorn; _honor_, _esteem_. =in--incolō, ere, uī, --=, _to dwell_, _settle_, _inhabit_. =colōnia, ae=, [=colō=], f., _a colony_, _settlement_. =columna, ae=, f., _a column_, _pillar_. =coma, ae=, f., _hair_. =comes, itis= [=con= + =eō=], m. and f., _a companion_, _comrade_; _attendant_, _follower_. =comētēs, ae=, Gr. acc. =comētēn=, m., _a comet_. =Commāgēnē, ēs=, f., a district in the northern part of Syria. =commemorō, āre, āvī, ātus= [=con= + =memor=, _mindful_], _to call to mind_, _mention_, _tell_. =commendātiō, ōnīs= [=commendō=], f., _commending_, _recommendation_. =commendō=, see =mandō=. =committō=, see =mittō=. =commodē= [=commodus=], adv., _fitly_, _easily_, _properly_, _rightly_. =commodum, ī= [=commodus=], n., _convenience_, _advantage_, _utility_. =Commodus, ī=, m., see =Antōnīnus=. =commodus, a, um= [=con= + =modus=], adj., _in due measure_, _suitable_, _fit_, _convenient_. =commoror, ārī, ātus sum= [=con= + =moror=, _to delay_], _to tarry_, _linger_, _abide_, _remain_. =commoveō=, see =moveō=.