callosus

Latin

Etymology

From callum (“hardened skin”) +‎ -ōsus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kalˈloː.sus/, [kälˈlʲoːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kalˈlo.sus/, [kälˈlɔːs̬us]

Adjective

callōsus (feminine callōsa, neuter callōsum); first/second-declension adjective

1. with a hard skin, hard-skinned, thick-skinned, callous
2. solid, tough, hard, thick

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	callōsus	callōsa	callōsum		callōsī	callōsae	callōsa
Genitive	callōsī	callōsae	callōsī		callōsōrum	callōsārum	callōsōrum
Dative	callōsō		callōsō		callōsīs
Accusative	callōsum	callōsam	callōsum		callōsōs	callōsās	callōsa
Ablative	callōsō	callōsā	callōsō		callōsīs
Vocative	callōse	callōsa	callōsum		callōsī	callōsae	callōsa

Synonyms

• calcitrōsus (Medieval)

Derived terms

• callōsitās

Related terms

• callum

Descendants

• English: callous
• French: calleux
• Italian: calloso
• Portuguese: caloso
• Sicilian: caḍḍusu
• Spanish: calloso

References

• “callosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “callosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• callosus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• callosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.