Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Classici
Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary, and Greek Lexicon (Rich, 1849)
editCLAS'SICI. Citizens who belonged to the first of the six classes into which the population of Rome was divided by Servius Tullius (Aul. Gell. vii. 13.); whence the expression scriptores classici, classical authors, means those of the very first order. Aul. Gell. xix. 8. 6.
2. The horn-blowers who summoned the classes to the comitia by sound of the lituus or the cornu. Varro, L. L. v. 91. CORNICEN, LITICEN.
3. Same as CLASSIARII; including the fighting men as well as the ship's company. Curt. iv. 3. Tac. Hist. i. 31. ib. ii. 17.
4. Classica corona (Vellej. ii. 81. 3.); same as CORONA NAVALIS.