caliga, caligae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Military
soldier's boot; boot; military service;
Inflections
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | caliga | caligae |
| Gen. | caligae | caligarum |
| Dat. | caligae | caligis |
| Acc. | caligam | caligas |
| Voc. | caliga | caligae |
| Abl. | caliga | caligis |
Examples
- D
Satura XVI
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...corde Vagelli, cum duo crura habeas, offendere tot caligas, tot milia clauorum. quis tam procul adsit ab urbe..." - L
de Brevitate Vitae
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...bonorum mercennaria procuratione consenuit? suis opibus distinetur. Marium caliga dimisit? consulatus exercet; Quintius dictaturam properat peruadere? ab aratro..." - G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...porrexit et: "Tanto melior, inquit, Massa, dono tibi caligas". Nec ullus tot malorum finis fuisset, nisi epidipnis esset..." - G
Gaius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...modo in crepidis vel coturnis, modo in speculatoria caliga, nonnumquam socco muliebri; plerumque vero aurea barba, fulmen tenens..."