callentes
Dictionary entries
- Entry →callens, (gen.), callentis:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
skilled/practiced/versed/expert in (w/GEN);
acc. pl. (m./f.)nom. pl. (m./f.)voc. pl. (m./f.) - Entry →calleo, callere, callui, -:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
be calloused/hardened; grow hard; be experienced/skilled, understand; know how;
acc. pl. pres. act. part.nom. pl. pres. act. part.voc. pl. pres. act. part.
Examples
Truculentus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...cavea dixit histrio: omnes homines ad suom quaestum callent et fastidiunt. STRAT. Huncine hominem te amplexari tam horridum..."Pseudolus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...homines magis asinos numquam vidi, ita plagis costae callent: quos quom ferias, tibi plus noceas; eo enim ingenio..."Liber II
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...rorantibus ora genasque multaque de rerum mixtura dicere callent et sibi proporro quae sint primordia quaerunt; quando quidem..."
