calcea

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Interlingua

Pronunciation

Noun

calcea (plural calceas)

  1. sock
  2. stocking

Latin

Etymology 1

From calce- +‎ -a (feminine ending). Attested from 800 CE in the works of Theodulf of Orléans.

Noun

calcea f (genitive calceae); first declension (Early Medieval Latin)

  1. stocking (? presumably)
Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative calcea calceae
genitive calceae calceārum
dative calceae calceīs
accusative calceam calceās
ablative calceā calceīs
vocative calcea calceae
Descendants

Etymology 2

Verb

calceā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of calceō

References

  1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “calceus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 2: C Q K, page 72
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