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Meaning of calceus | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR B1
[ˈkaɫ.ke.ʊs]

Definitions

  1. calceus, a kind of low Roman boot or leather hightop shoe
    declension-2, historical, masculine
  2. footwear, shoe, boot
    declension-2, masculine

Equivalents

English shoe

Examples

“1922, Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 11, Cap. 3, §137”

...indeed your toga and calceus and hair are as worthy of reproach when done with excessive care as when done with too little...

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

Calchas Calchedon Calchedone Calchedonem Calchedoni Calchedonis

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