calce
Dictionary entries
- Entry →calcus, calci:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Age:
- Late
- Field:
- Technical
small weight;
voc. sg. - Entry →calx, calcis:
Common · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
heel; spur; pad (dog); forefeet; kick (Roman toe was unprotected); butt (beam);; limestone, lime; chalk, goal, goal-line (chalk mark), end of life; game piece;
abl. sg.dat. sg.loc. sg. - Entry →calcis, calcis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
lead vial/bottle/jar;
abl. sg.dat. sg.loc. sg.
Examples
Phormio
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...mentem mi istaec: "namque inscitiast advorsu' stimulum calces." {Ge.} coepi is omnia facere, obsequi quae vellent. {Da.} scisti..."Liber XIII
Aulus Gellius
"...omnia enim ferme id genus, quibus plantarum calces tantum infimae teguntur, cetera prope nuda et teretibus habenis vincta..."Eumenes
Cornelius Nepos
"...posset attingere; deinde post verberibus cogebat exsultare et calces remittere. Qui motus non minus sudorem excutiebat, quam..."Liber VI
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...singlariter apta. saxa vides primum sola colescere calce. glutine materies taurino iungitur una, ut vitio venae tabularum saepius..."Libri XVII-XVIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...mutavit, tamquam ait Cicero 'quoniam sumus ab ipsa calce eius interpellatione revocati. 'Hanc quam nunc in circo 'cretam..."Liber IX
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...hanc patientiam potest qua et pugnos pariter et calces non unius hominis ferat, qua solem ardentissimum in ferventissimo..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...formae adductus est canis catena vinctus, admonitusque ostiarii calce ut cubaret, ante mensam se posuit. Tum Trimalchio iactans..."Mercator
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...Sequere sis. CHAR. Sequor. EVT. Clementer quaeso, calces deteris. audin tu? CHAR. Iam dudum audivi. EVT. Pacem componi..."
