Interlingua edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

calcea (plural calceas)

  1. sock
  2. stocking

Latin edit

Etymology 1 edit

From calce- +‎ -a (feminine ending). Attested from 800 CE in the works of Theodulf of Orléans.[1]

Noun edit

calcea f (genitive calceae); first declension (Early Medieval Latin)

  1. stocking (? presumably)
Declension edit

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative calcea calceae
Genitive calceae calceārum
Dative calceae calceīs
Accusative calceam calceās
Ablative calceā calceīs
Vocative calcea calceae
Descendants edit

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

calceā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of calceō

References edit

  1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “calceus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2: C Q K, page 72