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† 1. călo (as a very ancient word, with its derivatives also written kălo; v. the letter K), āre, v. a. [cf. Gr. καλῶ; Engl. call], to call, call out, proclaim, call together, summon, convoke; only as t. t. in reference to religious matters; v. Kalendae, and the ancient formulary in Varr. L. L. 6, § 27 Müll.; cf. Macr. S. 1, 15: calata comitia, a kind of comitia held for the purpose of consecrating a priest or a king. Of these, some were curiata, others centuriata, Laelius Felix ap. Gell. 15, 27 sq.: Calata in Capitolium plebe, Macr. S. 1, 15; Quint. 1, 6, 33.
Hence, sarcastically, on account of bribery, calatis granis (instead of comitiis), Cic. Sest. 33, 72 Orell.

2. cālo, ōnis, m. [κᾶλον, timber for burning or joiner’s work; καίω, to burn],

  1. I. a servant in the army, a soldier’s servant: calones militum servi dicti, qui ligneas clavas gerebant, quae Graece κᾶλα vocant, Paul. ex Fest. pp. 46 and 62 Müll.; Serv. ad Verg. A. 6, 1; cf. Non. p. 62, 16; Veg. Mil. 3, 6; Dict. of Antiq.; so Caes. B. G. 6, 36; Liv. 27, 18, 12; 30, 4, 1; Tac. H. 1, 49; 3, 20 fin.; 3, 33; Suet. Calig. 51; id. Galb. 20.
    On account of their stupidity: sambucam citius caloni aptaveris alto, Pers. 5, 95.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. Any low servant, drudge, Cic. N. D. 3, 5, 11; Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 42; id. S. 1, 2, 44; 1, 6, 103; Sen. Ep. 110, 17.
    2. B. Acc. to Isidorus, some called the tragic buskins calones, because they were made of willow, Isid. Orig. 19, 34, 6.