client Copy link Outline I. In Roman sense; as applied to the dependants of the patricians (patroni)II. In modern sense; one who takes the advice of a lawyer1. consultor2. clĭens • client: I. In Roman sense; as applied to the dependants of the patricians (patroni): clĭens, ntis, m. and f.: Liv.: Cic. A fem. form clienta is also found: Pl.: Hor. A body of clients, clientēla ("the sing. is rare in this sense" Forc.): he knew that there were great bodies of Pompey's c.s in the hither provinces, magnas esse Pompeii c. in citeriore provincia sciebat, Caes. (here, however, the word is used in a general sense of dependants: q. v.): Cic. II. In modern sense; one who takes the advice of a lawyer: 1. consultor: Cic.: Hor. 2. clĭens: elude the c. that is watching your front door by going out at the back, atria servantem postico falle c., Hor.: to appear on behalf of c.s, adesse clientibus, Suet. (But strictly our sense of client is only one element in that of the Roman cliens.)
CLIENT Copy link • CLIENTcliens (masculine and feminine). Clients, clientes: clientelae. A young client, clientulus: to be anybody’s client, esse in alicujus clientela: to become anybody’s client, conferre se in alicujus dientelam; alicui se in clieutelam ac fidem commendare.