adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
caligātus1
caligātus (feminine caligāta, neuter caligātum)
Classical[ka.lɪˈɡaː.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[ka.liˈɡaː.tus]
Meaning
- adjectivefigurativelybelonging to the lower (social) orders, lowly, obscure
- Medieval Latinadjectivemost pitiful, contemptible, unfortunate, or wretched
- adjectivein heavy shoes, brogans
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | caligātus | caligāta | caligātum |
| genitive | caligātī | caligātae | caligātī |
| dative | caligātō | caligātae | caligātō |
| accusative | caligātum | caligātam | caligātum |
| ablative | caligātō | caligātā | caligātō |
| vocative | caligāte | caligāta | caligātum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | caligātī | caligātae | caligāta |
| genitive | caligātōrum | caligātārum | caligātōrum |
| dative | caligātīs | caligātīs | caligātīs |
| accusative | caligātōs | caligātās | caligāta |
| ablative | caligātīs | caligātīs | caligātīs |
| vocative | caligātī | caligātae | caligāta |
călĭgātus, a, um, adj. caliga,
I. wearing soldiers' boots, booted:
milites, Suet. Vit. 7 fin.; Dig. 3, 2, 2; 48, 3, 9; Inscr. Grut. 279, 3.—Of a peasant in heavy shoes, brogans, Juv. 3, 322.—II. Subst.: călĭgātus, i, m. (sc. miles), a common soldier, a private, = gregarius, Suet. Aug. 25; cf. Dig. 27, 1, 10.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
caligātus adj.
caliga, wearing soldiers' boots; hence, in hob-nailed boots, rough-shod, Iu.
Origins
The adjective was formed as caliga (“a leathern shoe or boot”) + -ātus (“-ed”, suffix forming adjectives); the noun is a substantivisation of the adjective’s masculine forms, in elliptical use for [mīles] caligātus (“booted [soldier]”).
Descendants
- Englishcaligate