calco — Lewis & Short
calco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.1. calx,
I to tread something or upon something, to tread under foot.
I In gen.
A Lit. (very freq.; mostly poet. or in post-Aug. prose;
not in Cic.)' astructos morientum acervos,Ov. M. 5, 88; 12, 391:
calcata vipera,trodden upon, id. ib. 10, 23; 12, 391;
13, 804: alius manum aeger, ut pede ac vestigio Caesaris calcaretur, orabat,Tac. H. 4, 81:
cineres ossaque legionum,id. ib. 5, 17:
calcata lacinia togae,Suet. Calig. 35: uvam, to tread grapes, Cato, R. R. 112 fin.; Varr. R. R. 1, 54, 2; Ov. M. 2, 29; id. F. 4, 897; Col. 6, 15, 1.—To stamp, beat:
in mortario,Apic. 2, 3:
solum ferratis vectibus,Plin. 36, 23, 52, § 173.—
B Trop.
1 To tread down, to oppress, trample upon (the figure is taken from a victorious warrior who tramples upon his prostrate opponents):
amorem,Ov. Am. 3, 11, 5; cf.
hostem,Juv. 10, 86:
gentem,Just. 12, 16, 11:
libertas nostra in foro obteritur et calcatur,Liv. 34, 2, 2:
calcatum jus,Claud. in Eutr. 2, 125.—
2 To scorn, contemn, spurn, despise, abuse:
insultetque rogis, calcet et ossa mea,Prop. 2, 8, 20:
aliquid quasi fastidiendo calcare,Quint. 5, 13, 22:
calcatum foedus,Stat. Th. 3, 208.—
II Esp.
A Of objects in space, to tread, pass over: calcanda semel via leti, * Hor. C. 1, 28, 16; Petr. 118, 5:
scopulos, litora,Ov. H. 2, 121:
durum aequor,the frozen sea, id. Tr. 3, 10, 39:
campum,Claud. VI. Cons Hon. 515:
calcatos lucos Jovi,frequented by, Sil. 3, 675.—
B Of the cock, to tread, Col. 8, 5, 24.—
C In gen., to press close together, to press in:
oleas in orculam calcato,Cato, R. R. 117 fin.:
tomentum in culcita,Varr. L. L. 5, § 167 Müll.; Cato, R. R. 52, 1; 28, 2; Pall. Jan. 20; Plin. 36, 23, 52, § 173; Verg. G. 2, 244.