"calceus" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: [ˈkaɫ.ke.ʊs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈkal̠ʲ.t͡ʃe.us] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: A substantive use of calx (“heel”) + -eus (“-y: forming adjectives”). Etymology templates: {{suffix|la|calx|eus|t1=heel|t2=-y: forming adjectives}} calx (“heel”) + -eus (“-y: forming adjectives”) Head templates: {{la-noun|calceus<2>}} calceus m (genitive calceī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|calceus<2>}} Forms: calceī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], calceus [nominative, singular], calceī [nominative, plural], calceī [genitive, singular], calceōrum [genitive, plural], calceō [dative, singular], calceīs [dative, plural], calceum [accusative, singular], calceōs [accusative, plural], calceō [ablative, singular], calceīs [ablative, plural], calcee [singular, vocative], calceī [plural, vocative], calcius [alternative]
  1. (historical) calceus, a kind of low Roman boot or leather hightop shoe Tags: declension-2, historical, masculine
    Sense id: en-calceus-la-noun-QjQRBNuS Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the second declension, Latin terms suffixed with -eus Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 95 5 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 65 35 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -eus: 86 14
  2. (inexact) footwear, shoe, boot Tags: declension-2, masculine
    Sense id: en-calceus-la-noun-iyx3mbuS Categories (other): Footwear Disambiguation of Footwear: 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: calcea, calceāria, calceārium, calceō, calceocaliga, calceolus, calceus mulleus, calceus patricius, calceus senatorius

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "calcea"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "calceāria"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "calceārium"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "calceō"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "calceocaliga"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "calceolus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "calceus mulleus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "calceus patricius"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "calceus senatorius"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "lang_code": "sc",
      "word": "cartzu"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "lang_code": "sc",
      "word": "cartu"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "lang_code": "sc",
      "raw_tags": [
        "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
      ],
      "word": "caltzeta"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "lang_code": "sc",
      "raw_tags": [
        "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
      ],
      "word": "caltzita"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "lang_code": "sc",
      "raw_tags": [
        "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
      ],
      "word": "cartzita"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "raw_tags": [
        "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
      ],
      "word": "calcetto"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "raw_tags": [
        "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
      ],
      "word": "încălțăminte"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "raw_tags": [
        "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
      ],
      "word": "călcâi"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Venetan",
      "lang_code": "vec",
      "raw_tags": [
        "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
      ],
      "word": "calseto"
    }
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      },
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      "name": "suffix"
    }
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    {
      "form": "calceī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "calceus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "calceī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "calceī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "calceōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "calceō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "calceīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "calceum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "calceōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "calceō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "calceīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "calcee",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "calceī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "calcius",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {
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      },
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      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "calceus<2>"
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      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "95 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "65 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "86 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin terms suffixed with -eus",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "...indeed your toga and calceus and hair are as worthy of reproach when done with excessive care as when done with too little...",
          "roman": "...nam et toga et calceus et capillus tam nimia cura quam negligentia sunt reprehendenda...",
          "text": "1922, Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 11, Cap. 3, §137",
          "translation": "...indeed your toga and calceus and hair are as worthy of reproach when done with excessive care as when done with too little...",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "calceus, a kind of low Roman boot or leather hightop shoe"
      ],
      "id": "en-calceus-la-noun-QjQRBNuS",
      "links": [
        [
          "calceus",
          "#English"
        ],
        [
          "kind",
          "kind#English"
        ],
        [
          "low",
          "low#English"
        ],
        [
          "Roman",
          "Roman#English"
        ],
        [
          "boot",
          "boot#English"
        ],
        [
          "leather",
          "leather#English"
        ],
        [
          "hightop",
          "hightop#English"
        ],
        [
          "shoe",
          "shoe#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) calceus, a kind of low Roman boot or leather hightop shoe"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "historical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "0 100",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Footwear",
          "orig": "la:Footwear",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "footwear, shoe, boot"
      ],
      "id": "en-calceus-la-noun-iyx3mbuS",
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        [
          "footwear",
          "footwear"
        ],
        [
          "shoe",
          "shoe"
        ],
        [
          "boot",
          "boot"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "inexact",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(inexact) footwear, shoe, boot"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkaɫ.ke.ʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkal̠ʲ.t͡ʃe.us]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "calceus"
}
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    "Latin 3-syllable words",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin masculine nouns",
    "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin second declension nouns",
    "Latin terms suffixed with -eus",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "la:Footwear"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "calcea"
    },
    {
      "word": "calceāria"
    },
    {
      "word": "calceārium"
    },
    {
      "word": "calceō"
    },
    {
      "word": "calceocaliga"
    },
    {
      "word": "calceolus"
    },
    {
      "word": "calceus mulleus"
    },
    {
      "word": "calceus patricius"
    },
    {
      "word": "calceus senatorius"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "lang_code": "sc",
      "word": "cartzu"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "lang_code": "sc",
      "word": "cartu"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "lang_code": "sc",
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        "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
      ],
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      "lang_code": "sc",
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      ],
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      ],
      "word": "calcetto"
    },
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      ],
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      "lang_code": "ro",
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        "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
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  ],
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      "form": "calceī",
      "tags": [
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    },
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        "table-tags"
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    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "calceus",
      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "calceī",
      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
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    },
    {
      "form": "calceī",
      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
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    },
    {
      "form": "calceōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "calceō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "calceīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "calceum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "calceōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "calceō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "calceīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "calcee",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "calceī",
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "calcius",
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      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "calceus<2>"
      },
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      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
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        "1": "calceus<2>"
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  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "...indeed your toga and calceus and hair are as worthy of reproach when done with excessive care as when done with too little...",
          "roman": "...nam et toga et calceus et capillus tam nimia cura quam negligentia sunt reprehendenda...",
          "text": "1922, Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 11, Cap. 3, §137",
          "translation": "...indeed your toga and calceus and hair are as worthy of reproach when done with excessive care as when done with too little...",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "calceus, a kind of low Roman boot or leather hightop shoe"
      ],
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          "calceus",
          "#English"
        ],
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          "kind",
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        ],
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        ],
        [
          "Roman",
          "Roman#English"
        ],
        [
          "boot",
          "boot#English"
        ],
        [
          "leather",
          "leather#English"
        ],
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          "hightop",
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        [
          "shoe",
          "shoe#English"
        ]
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        "(historical) calceus, a kind of low Roman boot or leather hightop shoe"
      ],
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        "historical",
        "masculine"
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          "footwear",
          "footwear"
        ],
        [
          "shoe",
          "shoe"
        ],
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          "boot",
          "boot"
        ]
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        "(inexact) footwear, shoe, boot"
      ],
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        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkaɫ.ke.ʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkal̠ʲ.t͡ʃe.us]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
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}

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