Disputatio:Clavus
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[recensere] Types of Clavus
Clavus also means "peg" or "handle of the rudder on a ship" (hense "the helm"), and so on. So perhaps this should be under "clavus ferreus" or "clavus (ferreus)" or... yuck, but "clavus metallicus" (since surely not all modern nails are iron or even steel)? --Iustinus 22:25, 7 Augusti 2006 (UTC)
Well I feel kind of odd about making it "clavus metallicus" because I think it would be important to illustrate what they've been made out of throughout the ages (including wood and fine stones). I for one think it'd be a bit misleading to have "nail (metal)" as the title and then say somewhere in the article "nails can also be made out of wood or stone." It'd be so much easier if the Romans had just decided what word denotes what object... Alexanderr 22:31, 7 Augusti 2006 (UTC)
