Calor

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Latin

Etymology

Formally equivalent to calor (“heat”), but it could instead be from a root meaning "muddy, spotted," compare caligo (“mist, vapor, fog”), Sanskrit कलंक (kalaṃka, “blemish”), Ancient Greek κελαινός (kelainós, “dark, black”).

Pronunciation

View of the river

Proper noun

Calor m sg (genitive Calōris); third declension

  1. One of the most important tributaries of the Vulturnus, now called Calore.

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Calor
Genitive Calōris
Dative Calōrī
Accusative Calōrem
Ablative Calōre
Vocative Calor

References

  • “Călŏr”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Calor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “Calor”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  1. ^ DNGI: Dizionario dei nomi geografici italiani, TEA, Torino 1992.
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