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calcĕāmen (calcĭāmen), ĭnis, n. [a collateral and rare form of calceamentum], a shoe, Plin. 19, 2, 7, § 27; 15, 8, 8, § 34.

‡ calcĕāmentārĭus, ii, m., = ὑποδηματάριος, caligarius, a shoemaker, Gloss. Gr. Lat.

calcĕāmentum (calcĭām-), i, n. [calceo], a covering for the foot, a shoe (v. also the class. co-ordinate forms calceamen and calceatus), Cic. Tusc. 5, 32, 90; Cels. 8, 22; Suet. Aug. 73; Col. 12, 3, 1: induere, Plin. 28, 4, 7, § 38: inferre, id. 36, 17, 27, § 131; 9, 17, 30, § 65; Dig. 34, 2, 25, § 4.

calcĕārĭa, ae, f [calceus], a shoe-shop, Varr. L. L. 8, 30, § 55 Müll.

calcĕārĭum (calcĭār-), ii, n. [id., lit. adj sc. argentum], money for shoes, shoemoney, Dig. 34, 1, 21; 2, 15, 8, § 14; Suet. Vesp 8.

‡ calcĕātor (calcĭāt-), ōris, m. [calceo], a shoemaker, Inscr Murat. 909, 12.

1. calcĕātus (calcĭāt-), a, um, Part., v. calceo.

2. calcĕātus (calcĭāt-), ūs, m. [calceo], a covering for the foot, a sandal, shoe (post-Aug. for the class. calceamentum): in calceatu, Plin. 8, 57, 82, § 221; 23, 6, 59, § 110; 28, 16, 62, § 222; 11, 45, 105, § 254; Suet. Calig. 52.

calceo (calcio), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [calceus],

  1. I. to furnish with shoes, to put on shoes, to shoe (class. in prose and poetry): calceati et vestiti, * Cic. Cael. 26, 62; Suet. Aug. 78: cothurnis, Plin. 7, 20, 19, § 83: soccis, id. 36, 5, 4, § 41: calceandi pedes, * Phaedr. 1, 14, 16; Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 181: fibrinis pellibus, id. 32, 9, 36, § 110: calceabat ipse sese, Suet. Vesp. 21 al.
    1. B. Of animals (whose feet were furnished with shoes to be taken off and put on, not shod as with us): spartea quă animalia calceantur, Pall. 1, 24, 28: mulas, Suet. Vesp. 23: simias, Plin. 8, 54, 80, § 215: calceatis pedibus, Veg. 3, 58, 2.
  2. II. Trop.: calceati dentes, facetè, well prepared for biting, Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 84: calceati pedes in praeparatione Evangelii, i. e. ready messengers, Vulg. Eph. 6, 15.

calcĕŏlārĭus (calcĭŏl-), ii, m. [calceolus], one who makes shoes, a shoemaker, Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 38.

calcĕŏlus, i, m. dim. [calceus], a small shoe, half-boot, ὑποδημάτιον (rare), *Cic. N. D. 1, 29, 82; Memmius ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 4, 261; Scrib. Comp. 208.

‡ calces, leaden bottles, Paul. ex Fest. p 46 Müll.

calcĕus (also calcĭus; cf. Burm. and Oud. Suet. Aug. 73, and Calig. 52), i, m. [calx], a shoe, a half-boot (covering the whole foot, while soleae, sandals, covered only the lower part, Gell. 13, 22, 5; v. solea, and cf. Liddell and Scott s. v. ὑπόδημα, and Dict. of Antiq.; very freq. and class.): calcei muliebres sint an viriles, Varr. L. L. 9, § 40 Müll.; Titin. ap. Fest. s. v. mulleos, p. 142 ib. (Com. Rel. p. 128 Rib.): calcei habiles et apti ad pedem, Cic. de Or. 1, 54, 231: calcei et toga, id. Phil. 2, 30, 76: in calceo pulvis, id. Inv. 1, 30, 47; Quint. 11, 3, 137; cf. id. 11, 3, 143; 6, 3, 74: laxus, Hor. S. 1, 3, 32. laxatus, Suet. Oth. 6: sinister, dexter, id. Aug. 92: laevus, Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 24: pede major subvertet, minor uret, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 42.
When the Romans reclined at table they laid aside their shoes; hence, calceos poscere (like soleas poscere, v. solea), i. e. to rise from table, Plin. Ep. 9, 17, 3: calceos et vestimenta mutavit, changed, Cic. Mil. 10, 28; but also, because senators wore a peculiar kind of half-boot (cf. Becker, Gallus, III. p. 132, 2d ed.): calceos mutare, i e. to become senator, Cic. Phil. 13, 13, 28.

clacendix, claxendix, or calcen-dix, a kind of shell-fish, Paul. ex Fest. p. 46, 16 Müll. N. cr.; Prisc. p. 655 P.