calcarie
Dictionary entries
- Entry →calcarius, calcaria, calcarium:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Technical
designed for burning lime; pertaining to lime; lime-;
voc. sg. (m.) - Entry →calcarius, calcarii:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Field:
- Technical
lime burner; worker at lime kiln/works;
voc. sg.
Examples
Asinaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...Numquam hercle hodie exorabis. nam iam calcari quadrupedo agitabo advorsum clivom, postidea ad pistores dabo, ut ibi cruciere..."Liber II
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...timor transferat, ne dum calcare nolumus videamur posse calcari. Multis timendi attulit causas timeri posse. Undique nos reducamus..."
