calleo

Latin

Etymology

From callum (“hardened skin; callousness”) +‎ -eō, possibly via an older lost adjective *callus (“hard”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkal.le.oː/, [ˈkälːʲeoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkal.le.o/, [ˈkälːeo]

Verb

calleō (present infinitive callēre, perfect active calluī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

1. (intransitive) to be callous or thickskinned
2. (intransitive, figuratively) to be hardened or unfeeling
3. (intransitive) to be skillful or wise by experience (in), versed (in)
4. (transitive) to know (by experience), have knowledge of, understand

Conjugation

Conjugation of calleō (second conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	calleō	callēs	callet	callēmus	callētis	callent
	imperfect	callēbam	callēbās	callēbat	callēbāmus	callēbātis	callēbant
	future	callēbō	callēbis	callēbit	callēbimus	callēbitis	callēbunt
	perfect	calluī	calluistī	calluit	calluimus	calluistis	calluērunt, calluēre
	pluperfect	callueram	calluerās	calluerat	calluerāmus	calluerātis	calluerant
	future perfect	calluerō	callueris	calluerit	calluerimus	callueritis	calluerint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	calleam	calleās	calleat	calleāmus	calleātis	calleant
	imperfect	callērem	callērēs	callēret	callērēmus	callērētis	callērent
	perfect	calluerim	calluerīs	calluerit	calluerīmus	calluerītis	calluerint
	pluperfect	calluissem	calluissēs	calluisset	calluissēmus	calluissētis	calluissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	callē	—	—	callēte	—
	future	—	callētō	callētō	—	callētōte	callentō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		callēre	calluisse	—	—	—	—
participles		callēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		callendī	callendō	callendum	callendō	—	—

Derived terms

• callēns
• callenter
• callidus
• concallēscō
• percalleō

Related terms

• callum

Descendants

• ⇒ Italian: incallire
• ⇒ Romanian: încăla

References

• “calleo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “calleo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• calleo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.