Definition of Calceus

1. Noun. A shoe covering the ankle; worn by ancient Romans.

Generic synonyms: Shoe

Lexicographical Neighbors of Calceus

calceate
calceated
calced
calcedon
calcedonies
calcedons
calcedony
calceiform
calcein
calceins
calcemia
calceolaria
calceolate
calcergy
calces
calceus (current term)
calci-
calcia
calcian
calciborite
calcic
calcic water
calcicole
calcicoles
calcicolous
calcicosis
calcidiol
calcifediol
calciferol
calciferols

Literary usage of Calceus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Roman antiquities: or An account of the manners and customs of the Romans by Alexander Adam (1835)
"The Romans had various coverings for the feet,5 but chiefly of two kinds. The one (calceus ... calceus ..."

2. Hermes by Ernst Willibald Emil Hübner, Georg Kaibel, Carl Robert, Friedrich Leo, Georg Wissowa (1878)
"... in der Kaiserzeit eine von dem gewöhnlichen calceus ... ja es wird geradezu ein calceus patricius als etwas noch ..."

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