caluisse
Dictionary entries
- Entry →calvio, calvire, calvivi, calvitus:
Verb · 4th conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Age:
- Late
deceive, intrigue/use subterfuge/tricks against; be tricked/deceived (PASS);
perf. act. infin. - Entry →caleo, calere, calui, -:
Verb · 2nd conjugation · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
be/feel/be kept warm; be hot with passion/inflamed/active/driven hotly/urged;
perf. act. infin. - —
Syncopated perfect often drops the 'v' and contracts vowel
Examples
Liber V
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...medium transfigere ferro, si nostrum sine te scis caluisse focum. Nec semel ergo mihi furtum fecisse licebit? inprobius..."
Liber Octavus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...anhelus conatur, galeaeque tremunt horrore comarum. quid mirum caluisse uiros? flammantur in hostem cornipedes niueoque rigant sola putria..."Amores III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...iura dedisse tori. Te quoque credibile est aliqua caluisse puella; sed nemora et silvae crimina vestra tegunt..."
