club (subs.) Copy link Outline I. A cudgel1. clāva2. fustisII. A number of persons combined for some common object1. sŏdālĭtas (originally a mere friendly association)2. sŏdālĭtium or -ĭcium (i. q. sodalitas, which however appears to be the better form)3. collēgium4. hĕtaeria (Gr. ἑταιςία) • club (subs.): I. A cudgel: 1. clāva: a knotty c., (of Hercules), trinodis c., Ov.: to maul severely with c.s and cudgels, male mulcare c. ac fustibus, Cic. 2. fustis: v. cudgel, staff. The bearer of a c. (esp. of Hercules), clāvĭger, ĕri: Ov. II. A number of persons combined for some common object: 1. sŏdālĭtas (originally a mere friendly association): c.s were instituted during my quaestorship, s. me quaestore constitutae sunt, Cic. Esp. as afterwards became the case, for some secret illegal purpose: Cic. The members of such c.s, sŏdāles: Pl.: Cic. 2. sŏdālĭtium or -ĭcium (i. q. sodalitas, which however appears to be the better form): Plin. 3. collēgium: he (Caesar) broke up the c.s, except those established of old, cuncta c. praeter antiquitus constituta distraxit, Suet. (also dissolvere, in same sense, Suet.): Cic. (The term collegium was originally applied esp. to the body of quaestors, tribunes; the Capitoline artificers, and some other corporations: Forcell. s. v.) 4. hĕtaeria (Gr. ἑταιςία): Plin. Ep.; who applies the term to what we should call guilds or trades-unions. In a bad sense the term factio is used to stigmatise bodies of the above kind: Plin. Ep.: Suet.: v. society, circle.