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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
- (transitive) to know or understand well
Conjugation
See also
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.