classis (the proper word also in, a school): ordo (order, rank): genus (race, “genus;” e.g., of men, birds, etc.). Those of the lowest class, homines infimi ordinis or generis: of all classes of citizens, pupils, classes (not ordines) civium, discipulorum: men of the same class, ejusdem ordinis homines. One of the first class of citizens, classicus (Gell., 7, 13). To arrange scholars in classes, pueros in classes distribuere (Quint.). Philosophers of the lowest class, philosophi, qui mihi quintae classis videntur (Cic.). ☞ In Natural History, there are no “classes of animals,” but only genera animalium (Krebs). To be at the head of the class (at school), classem ducere (Quint., 1, 2, 23). By classes, generatim.