caleo

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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

Verb

caleō (present infinitive calēre, perfect active caluī, future participle calitūrus); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem except in the future active participle

  1. to be warm or hot, glow
    Synonym: candeō
  2. (figuratively) to be aroused, warmed or inflamed
  3. (figuratively) to be troubled or perplexed
  4. (figuratively) to be yet warm, new or fresh
  5. (figuratively, of abstract things) to be carried on warmly, to be urged on zealously
  6. (figuratively, of a place) to be eagerly sought, to be frequented

Conjugation

   Conjugation of caleō (second conjugation, no supine stem except in the future active participle, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present caleō calēs calet calēmus calētis calent
imperfect calēbam calēbās calēbat calēbāmus calēbātis calēbant
future calēbō calēbis calēbit calēbimus calēbitis calēbunt
perfect caluī caluistī caluit caluimus caluistis caluērunt,
caluēre
pluperfect calueram caluerās caluerat caluerāmus caluerātis caluerant
future perfect caluerō calueris caluerit caluerimus calueritis caluerint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present caleam caleās caleat caleāmus caleātis caleant
imperfect calērem calērēs calēret calērēmus calērētis calērent
perfect caluerim caluerīs caluerit caluerīmus caluerītis caluerint
pluperfect caluissem caluissēs caluisset caluissēmus caluissētis caluissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — calē — — calēte —
future — calētō calētō — calētōte calentō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives calēre caluisse calitūrum esse — — —
participles calēns — calitūrus — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
calendī calendō calendum calendō — —

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

  • Catalan: caldre (“be needed”)
  • Aragonese: caler (“be needed”)
  • Franco-Provençal: chalêr
  • French: chaloir (“heat, matter”)
  • Occitan: caler
  • Italian: calere (“matter, care”)
  • Spanish: caler

References

  1. ^ 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

Noun

caleo f

  1. vocative singular of cale
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