callos
Dictionary entries
- Entry →callus, calli:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
hard/tough skin/hide, callus; callousness, lack of feeling; firm flesh/fruit;
acc. pl.nom. sg.
Examples
- T
Captivi
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...veniet, quanta labes larido, quanta sumini absumedo, quanta callo calamitas, quanta laniis lassitudo, quanta porcinariis. nam si alia..." - T
Liber IV
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...omnes aut corio sunt aut etiam conchis aut callo aut cortice tectae. interiorem etiam partem spirantibus aër verberat..." - P
Metamorphoses XII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...corpore marmoris icto, fractaque dissiluit percusso lammina callo. ut satis inlaesos miranti praebuit artus, "nunc age" ait Caeneus..."