calleo
Latin
Etymology
From callum (“hardened skin; callousness”) + -eō, possibly via an older lost adjective *callus (“hard”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkal.le.oː/, [ˈkälːʲeoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkal.le.o/, [ˈkälːeo]
Verb
calleō (present infinitive callēre, perfect active calluī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem
- (intransitive) to be callous or thickskinned
- (intransitive, figuratively) to be hardened or unfeeling
- (intransitive) to be skillful or wise by experience (in), versed (in)
- (transitive) to know (by experience), have knowledge of, understand
Conjugation
Derived terms
- callēns
- callenter
- callidus
- concallēscō
- percalleō
Related terms
Descendants
- ⇒ Romanian: încăla
References
- “calleo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “calleo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- calleo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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