Clausus

• a Sabine proper name: Attus Clausus, ancestor of the gens Claudia, Liv. 2, 16, 4; 10, 8, 6; Verg. A. 7, 707; Tac. A. 4, 9 al.

a Sabine leader, who is said to have assisted Aeneas, and who was regarded as the ancestor of the Claudia gens. (Verg. A. 7.706, &c.) App. Claudius, before he migrated to Rome, was called in his own country Attus, or Atta Clausus. [Claudius, No. 1.]