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Latin
Etymology
From caldus, variant of calidus (“hot”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Caldus m sg (genitive Caldī); second declension
- A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
- Gaius Coelius Caldus, a Roman consul
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
References
- Caldus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Caldus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray