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caleo

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Latin

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Etymology

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From Proto-Italic *kalēō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱelh₁- (to be hot). Compare Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćarHáts, whence Sanskrit शरद् (śarad, autumn) and Persian سال (sâl, year), as well as Latvian silts (warm) and Welsh clyd (id).[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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caleō (present infinitive calēre, perfect active caluī, future participle calitūrus); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem except in the future active participle

  1. to be warm or hot, glow
    Synonym: candeō
  2. (figuratively) to be aroused, warmed or inflamed
  3. (figuratively) to be troubled or perplexed
  4. (figuratively) to be yet warm, new or fresh
  5. (figuratively, of abstract things) to be carried on warmly, to be urged on zealously
  6. (figuratively, of a place) to be eagerly sought, to be frequented

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Catalan: caldre (be needed)
  • Aragonese: caler (be needed)
  • Franco-Provençal: chalêr
  • French: chaloir (heat, matter)
  • Occitan: caler
  • Italian: calere (matter, care)
  • Spanish: caler

References

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  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “caleō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 83

Further reading

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

Romanian

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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caleo f

  1. vocative singular of cale