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..."- L
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..." - G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...Sequens ferculum fuit sciribilita frigida et supra mel caldum infusum excellente Hispanum. Itaque de sciribilita quidem non minimum..." - M
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..."
