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calcarius

calcarius · adj

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Where it lives

De Carne Christi 1 · 1.05/10k
De agri cultura 1 · 0.64/10k
Ab Urbe Condita, books 1-2 - 2 1 · 0.56/10k
Brutus 1 · 0.4/10k
Historiae Alexandri Magni 2 · 0.27/10k
Letters 1 · 0.15/10k
Res Rustica, Books I-IX 1 · 0.13/10k
Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k
Ab urbe condita 1 · 0.02/10k

What it meant

calcārĭus — Lewis & Short

calcārĭus, a, um, adj.2. calx,

I of or pertaining to lime, lime-: fornax, a limekiln, Cato, R. R. 38, 1; Plin. 17, 9, 6, § 53.— Also subst.

A calcārĭa, ae, f. (sc. fornax), a lime-kiln: de calcariā in carbonariam pervenire, Tert. Carn. Christ. 6.—

2 (Sc. fodina.) A lime-quarry, Dig. 48, 19, 8, § 10.—

B calcārĭus, ii, m., a limeburner, Cato, R. R. 16.

In the wild

calcarius Cato, De agri cultura 16
calcaria Livy, Ab Urbe Condita, books 1-2 - 2 p23
calcaria Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 8.2.8
calcariis Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 17.9.p3
calcaria Curtius Rufus, Historiae Alexandri Magni 3.13.8
calcaria Curtius Rufus, Historiae Alexandri Magni 7.2.6

6 of 10 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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