caligulam
Dictionary entries
- Entry →Caligula, Caligulae:
Masculine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Age:
- Classic
- Field:
- Government
- Geography:
- Italy/Rome
Caligula (Gaius Claudius Caesar Germanicus, 37-41 AD); little soldier('s boot);
acc. sg.
Examples
de Constantia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...illum Gaium salutauerat, nec inpune cessit primipilari quod Caligulam dixerat; hoc enim in castris natus et alumnus legionum..."Liber I
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...genitus, in contubernio legionum eductus, quem militari vocabulo Caligulam appellabant, quia plerumque ad concilianda vulgi studia eo tegmine..."