Latin

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Etymology

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From callum (hardened skin; callousness) +‎ -eō, possibly via an older lost adjective *callus (hard).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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calleō (present infinitive callēre, perfect active calluī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

  1. (intransitive) to be callous or thickskinned
  2. (intransitive, figuratively) to be hardened or unfeeling
  3. (intransitive) to be skillful or wise by experience (in), versed (in)
  4. (transitive) to know (by experience), have knowledge of, understand

Conjugation

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   Conjugation of calleō (second conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present calleō callēs callet callēmus callētis callent
imperfect callēbam callēbās callēbat callēbāmus callēbātis callēbant
future callēbō callēbis callēbit callēbimus callēbitis callēbunt
perfect calluī calluistī calluit calluimus calluistis calluērunt,
calluēre
pluperfect callueram calluerās calluerat calluerāmus calluerātis calluerant
future perfect calluerō callueris calluerit calluerimus callueritis calluerint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present calleam calleās calleat calleāmus calleātis calleant
imperfect callērem callērēs callēret callērēmus callērētis callērent
perfect calluerim calluerīs calluerit calluerīmus calluerītis calluerint
pluperfect calluissem calluissēs calluisset calluissēmus calluissētis calluissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present callē callēte
future callētō callētō callētōte callentō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives callēre calluisse
participles callēns
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
callendī callendō callendum callendō

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Romanian: încăla

References

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  • calleo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • calleo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • calleo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.