calceolus

Latin

Etymology

From calceus (“calceus, footwear”) +‎ -olus (“-ole: forming diminutives”), from calx (“heel”) + -eus (“-y: forming adjectives”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kalˈke.o.lus/, [käɫ̪ˈkeɔɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kalˈt͡ʃe.o.lus/, [käl̠ʲˈt͡ʃɛːolus]

Noun

calceolus m (genitive calceolī); second declension

1. small shoe
2. slipper

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	calceolus	calceolī
genitive	calceolī	calceolōrum
dative	calceolō	calceolīs
accusative	calceolum	calceolōs
ablative	calceolō	calceolīs
vocative	calceole	calceolī

Derived terms

• calceolārius

Descendants

• Translingual: Calceolaria
  • English: calceolaria
• English: calceolate
• >? Romansch: chaltschiel, caltschol
• Sardinian: cazzola, cathola f

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “calceolus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 2: C Q K, page 70

Further reading

• “calceolus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• calceolus 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)
• calceolus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.