caldum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →calda, caldae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
hot water; warm water;
gen. pl. - Entry →caldus, calda -um, caldior -or -us, caldissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
warm, hot; fiery, lusty; eager, rash, on the spot; having a warm climate/place;
acc. sg. (m.)acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (n.) - Entry →caldum, caldi:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
drink of wine and hot water (w/spices); (usu. Roman winter drink); heat;
acc. sg.gen. pl.nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
Liber XIV
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...aquas: hic tibi vina dabit. CXIII Murrina. Si caldum potas, ardenti murra Falerno Convenit et melior fit sapor..."Libri XI-XIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...tenebricosum ex consuetudine antiqua: non videbatur maioribus nostris caldum nisi obscurum. Magna ergo me voluptas subiit contemplantem mores..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...Sequens ferculum fuit sciribilita frigida et supra mel caldum infusum excellente Hispanum. Itaque de sciribilita quidem non minimum..."Liber I
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...Caesarem scriptis emendat quod is "calidum" dicere quam "caldum" malit, non quia id non sit Latinum, sed quia..."
