calcei
Dictionary entries
- Entry →calceus, calcei:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
shoe; soft shoe, slipper; [~ mullei/patricii => red shoe of ex-curule senator];
gen. sg.loc. sg.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
- G
Liber V
Gaius Phaedrus from FABVLARVM AESOPIARVM LIBRI QVINQVE
"...ligato crure niuea fascia,niueisque tunicis, niueis etiam calceis,superbiens honore diuinae domus,ab uniuersis capite est protrusus..." - G
Liber VII
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...quousque vigilabis cum voles, dormies quamdiu voles? quousque calcei nusquam, toga feriata, liber totus dies? Tempus..."