class (subs.) Copy link Outline I. A number of objects regarded collectively as possessing certain common qualities1. classis, is, f.2. gĕnus, ĕris, n. (the most usu. word to denote a class or sort)3. ordo, ĭnis, m. (esp. of such c.s as the equites, senators, etc.II. Of pupils • class (subs.): I. A number of objects regarded collectively as possessing certain common qualities: 1. classis, is, f.: especially of the political c.s instituted by Ser. Tullius: Liv.: Cic.: the c. of slaves, c. servorum, Petr.: hence, fig.: compared with him they seem to belong to the very lowest c. (the fifth), cum illo collati, quintae classis videntur, Cic.: v. infr. (II.). 2. gĕnus, ĕris, n. (the most usu. word to denote a class or sort): there is a c. of men who wish to be the foremost in everything, est g. hominum qui se primos esse omnium rerum volunt, Ter.: of those men there are two c.s, eorum hominum g. sunt duo, Caes. Phr.: to arrange in c.s, generatim distribuere, Caes. 3. ordo, ĭnis, m. (esp. of such c.s as the equites, senators, etc.: v. order): the c. of husbandmen, ordo aratorum, Cic. II. Of pupils: classis: they had arranged the boys in c.s, pueros in classes distribuerant, Quint.: to be at the top of a c., c. ducere, Quint.: v. rank.