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Definition of Calceus
1. Noun. A shoe covering the ankle; worn by ancient Romans.
Generic synonyms: Shoe
Lexicographical Neighbors of Calceus
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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