percalleo

Latin

Etymology

From per- +‎ calleō (understand), from callum (hardened skin; callousness).

Pronunciation

Verb

percalleō (present infinitive percallēre, perfect active percalluī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

  1. (transitive) to know or understand well

Conjugation

See also

  • percallēscō

References

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