The corpus record

κάλτιος

kaltios

shoe

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What it meant

1. κάλτιος · kaltios — Beekes

κάλτιος [m.] ‘shoe’ (Rhinth., Plu., Edict. Diocl.). «τὰν Lat» eVAR Also κάλτοι (for κάλτ«ι»οιξ): ὑποδήματα κοῖλα, ἐν οἷς ἱππεύουσι ‘hollow sandals, in which horsemen rode’ (H.). eETYM A Sicilian loanword from Lat. calceus (καλίκιοι PIb. 30, 18, 3). 628 καλύβη — [Beekes, s.v. κάλτιος, p. 674]

2. κάλτιος · kaltios — Chantraine

κάλτιος : m. «chaussure, brodequin » (Rhinth., Plu. Édit Diocl.); χκάλτοι (pour χάλτειν»οι ?) ᾿ ὑποδήματα...» ἐν οἷς ἱππεύουσι (Hsch.). — [Chantraine, s.v. κάλτιος, p. 501]

3. κάλτιος · kaltios — LSJ

shoe

Sicil. form of Lat. calceus, shoe, Rhinth. 5, Plu. Aem. 5, Praec. 2.813e, Edict.Diocl. 9.7:—κάλτοι· ὑποδήματα κοῖλα, ἐν οἷς ἱππεύουσι, Hsch.:—καλίκιοι, Plb. 30.18.3 codd.:—κάλσιοι, Gloss.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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