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calceus.

shoe; soft shoe, slipper; [~ mullei/patricii => red shoe of ex-curule senator];

7 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈkaɫ.ke.ʊs]Classical-Latin[ˈkal̠ʲ.t͡ʃe.us]
  1. calceus, a kind of low Roman boot or leather hightop shoe

    declension-2 · historical · masculine
  2. footwear, shoe, boot

    declension-2 · masculine
Where this word comes from

A substantive use of calx (“heel”) + -eus (“-y: forming adjectives”).

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