The corpus record — Latin

calo2

to call

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Where it lives

Historiae 1 · 2.46/10k
Saturae 1 · 2.21/10k
Epistulae 2 · 2.02/10k
De bello Gallico 8 · 1.56/10k
Satyrarum libri 2 · 1.41/10k
Achilleis 1 · 1.39/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 21-25 - 23 2 · 1.36/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 41-42 - 41 1 · 1.32/10k
C. Caligula 1 · 1.31/10k
Historiae 5 · 0.97/10k
Poenulus 1 · 0.91/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 35-38 - 35 1 · 0.79/10k

Densest 12 of 36 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. călo — Lewis & Short

călo (as a very ancient word, with its derivatives also written kălo;

I v. the letter K), āre, v. a. cf. Gr. kalw=; 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 — Lewis & Short

cālo, ōnis, m.ka=lon, timber for burning or joiner's work; kai/w, to burn,

I a servant in the army, a soldier's servant: calones militum servi dicti, qui ligneas clavas gerebant, quae Graece ka=la 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.—

II Transf.

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.—

B Acc. to Isidorus, some called the tragic buskins calones, because they were made of willow, Isid. Orig. 19, 34, 6.

In the wild

calonibus Sallust, Historiae Phil.p2
calonibus Livy, Ab urbe condita, books 6-10 - 9 p37
calonem Julius Caesar, De bello Gallico 6.36.1
calones Livy, Ab urbe condita 1.10.41.6
calorque Celsus, De Medicina 4.31
calones Horace, Satyrarum libri 1.2.44

6 of 77 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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