calceate

English

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): (adjective) /kælˈsiɪt/, /kælˈsijɪt/, /kælˈsiət/, /kælˈsijət/, (verb) /kælsiˈeɪt/

Etymology 1

From Latin calceātus, participle of calceāre (to shoe, to provide with shoes), from calceus (calceus, shoe) +‎ (verb-forming suffix), from calx (heel) +‎ -eus (-y, adjective-forming suffix). Equivalent to Latin calceus +‎ -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Adjective

calceate (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Synonym of shod: wearing shoes, particularly (Christianity) as opposed to the barefoot mendicant orders.
Derived terms
  • Fathers Calceate

Etymology 2

Equivalent to calceus (calceus, shoe) +‎ -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of calcate.

Verb

calceate (third-person singular simple present calceates, present participle calceating, simple past and past participle calceated)

  1. (ambitransitive, obsolete) Synonym of shoe: to put on shoes.

References

Latin

Verb

calceāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of calceō