a Sabine leader, who is said to have assisted Aeneas, and who was regarded as the ancestor of the Claudia gens. (Verg. A. 7.706, &c.) App. Claudius, before he migrated to Rome, was called in his own country Attus, or Atta Clausus. [CLAUDIUS, No. 1.]
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology
Smith, William
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890