callosus

callosus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Latin callum
Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-der.
Latin -ōsus
Latin callōsus

    From callum (“hardened skin”) + -ōsus.

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    callōsus (feminine callōsa, neuter callōsum); first/second-declension adjective

    1. with a hard skin, hard-skinned, thick-skinned, callous
    2. solid, tough, hard, thick

    Declension

    First/second-declension adjective.

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative callōsus callōsa callōsum callōsī callōsae callōsa
    genitive callōsī callōsae callōsī callōsōrum callōsārum callōsōrum
    dative callōsō callōsae callōsō callōsīs
    accusative callōsum callōsam callōsum callōsōs callōsās callōsa
    ablative callōsō callōsā callōsō callōsīs
    vocative callōse callōsa callōsum callōsī callōsae callōsa

    Synonyms

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • English: callous
    • French: calleux
    • Italian: calloso
    • Portuguese: caloso
    • Sicilian: caḍḍusu
    • Spanish: calloso

    References

    • “callosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “callosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • "callosus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • “callosus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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