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caligatus.

common soldier; private;

9 characters4 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

adj[ka.lɪˈɡaː.tʊs]Classical-Latin[ka.liˈɡaː.tus]

  1. wearing soldiers’ boots, booted belonging to the lower (social) orders, lowly, obscure

    adjective · declension-1 · declension-2 · figuratively

  2. wearing soldiers’ boots, booted most pitiful, contemptible, unfortunate, or wretched

    Medieval-Latin · adjective · declension-1 · declension-2

  3. in heavy shoes, brogans

    adjective · declension-1 · declension-2
Where this word comes from

The adjective was formed as caliga (“a leathern shoe or boot”) + -ātus (“-ed”, suffix forming adjectives); the noun is a substantivisation of the adjective’s masculine forms, in elliptical use for [mīles] caligātus (“booted [soldier]”).

noun[ka.lɪˈɡaː.tʊs]Classical-Latin[ka.liˈɡaː.tus]

  1. a common soldier, a private

    declension-2
Where this word comes from

The adjective was formed as caliga (“a leathern shoe or boot”) + -ātus (“-ed”, suffix forming adjectives); the noun is a substantivisation of the adjective’s masculine forms, in elliptical use for [mīles] caligātus (“booted [soldier]”).

verb[kaː.liːˈɡaː.tʊs]Classical-Latin[ka.liˈɡaː.tus]

  1. steamed

    declension-1 · declension-2 · participle

  2. groped about, had poor eyesight

    declension-1 · declension-2 · participle
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