Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Clavator

Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary, and Greek Lexicon (Rich, 1849)

CLAVA'TOR. Either a suttler, or soldier's servant, who carried his baggage (Plaut. Rud. iii. 5. 25.), in which sense it would be synonymous with CALO; or, a recruit, who practised his exercises with a wooden stave (CLAVA, 2.) before being entrusted with a sword. Festus, s. Calones.