LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

calcea

calcea f (genitive calceae)

Meaning

  1. EarlyMedieval Latinfemininestocking (? presumably)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecalceacalceae
genitivecalceaecalceārum
dativecalceaecalceīs
accusativecalceamcalceās
ablativecalceācalceīs
vocativecalceacalceae

Origins

From calce- + -a (feminine ending). Attested from 800 CE in the works of Theodulf of Orléans.

Italo-Dalmatian
  • Italiancalza
  • Frenchcalçonfrom Italian calza
  • Frenchcaleçonfrom Italian calza
  • Italiancalzone
  • Italiancalzetta
  • Istriotcalsa
  • Malteseqalzafrom Old Sicilian *calza
  • Malteseqalzietfrom Old Sicilian *calza
  • Greekκάλτσαfrom Venetan calça
Gallo-Romance
  • Catalancalça
  • Catalancalceta
  • Occitancauça
  • Occitancauceta
  • Franco-Provençalchôce
  • Siciliancausifrom Occitan cauça
  • Siciliancausettafrom Occitan cauça
  • Old Frenchchauce
Ibero-Romance
  • Portuguesecalçafrom Old Galician-Portuguese calça
  • Spanishcalzafrom Old Spanish calça
  • Spanishcalzónfrom Old Spanish calça
  • Spanishcalcetafrom Old Spanish calça
  • Asturiancalcetu
  • Galiciancalzafrom Old Galician-Portuguese calça
  • North Levantine Arabicكلسةfrom Old Spanish calça
  • Basquegaltza
  • Basquegaltzak
Rhaeto-Romance
  • Friuliancjalce
  • Friuliancjalcìn
Gallo-Italic
  • Piedmontesecauça

Quick answers

What does calcea mean in Latin?
calcea, a noun, means “stocking (? presumably)”.
What is the genitive of calcea?
The genitive singular is calceae. calcea is feminine, first declension.