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
Captivi
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...veniet, quanta labes larido, quanta sumini absumedo, quanta callo calamitas, quanta laniis lassitudo, quanta porcinariis. nam si alia..."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..."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..."