caleo

Latin

Etymology

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

Verb

caleō (present infinitive calēre, perfect active caluī, future active 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

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Italo-Romance:
    • Italian: calere
  • Northern Gallo-Romance:
  • Southern Gallo-Romance:
  • Ibero-Romance:

References

  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

  • 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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkale̯o]

Noun

caleo f

  1. vocative singular of cale