callosae
Dictionary entries
- Entry →callosus, callosa -um, callosior -or -us, callosissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
tough, hard/thick-skinned; made hard/tough by use; callused, indurated;
dat. sg. (f.)gen. sg. (f.)nom. pl. (f.)voc. pl. (f.)
Examples
de Vita Beata
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...foro in curia, pro muris stantem, puluerulentam coloratam, callosas habentem manus: uoluptatem latitantem saepius ac tenebras captantem circa..."Sermones II
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...magis alba rotundis, ponere: namque marem cohibent callosa vitellum. cole suburbano qui siccis crevit in agris dulcior: inriguo..."
