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
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈka.ɫe.oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkaː.le.o]
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
- to be warm or hot, glow
- Synonym: candeō
- (figuratively) to be aroused, warmed or inflamed
- (figuratively) to be troubled or perplexed
- (figuratively) to be yet warm, new or fresh
- (figuratively, of abstract things) to be carried on warmly, to be urged on zealously
- (figuratively, of a place) to be eagerly sought, to be frequented
Conjugation
Conjugation of caleō (second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem except in the future active participle)
Derived terms
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Descendants
References
- ^ 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
- vocative singular of cale