LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

cālō1

cālō m (genitive cālōnis)
Classical[ˈkaː.ɫoː]Ecclesiastical[ˈkaː.lo]

Meaning

  1. a military servant

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecālōcālōnēs
genitivecālōniscālōnum
dativecālōnīcālōnibus
accusativecālōnemcālōnēs
ablativecālōnecālōnibus
vocativecālōcālōnēs

cālo, ōnis, m. κᾶλον, timber for burning or joiner's work; καίω, to burn,
I. a servant in the army, a soldier's servant: calones militum servi dicti, qui ligneas clavas gerebant, quae Graece κᾶλα 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.

Origins

Unknown. One possibility is a substrate.

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesCaloCalo a slave of the lower kind, usually but not always (cf. Hor. Sat. 1.2, 44, i.. 6, 103; Up. 1.14, 42; Cic. de Nat. Deor. 3.5, 11) applied to a sold…
verbfirst conjugation, no perfect stem
calō2
calō (present infinitive calāre, supine calātum)
Classical[ˈka.ɫoː]Ecclesiastical[ˈkaː.lo]

Meaning

  1. Old Latinto call, announce solemnly, call out

Conjugation conjugation 1 no-perfect

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.calōcalābamcalābōcalāvīcalāveramcalārō
calāverō
2nd sg.calāscalābāscalābiscalāstī
calāvistī		calārās
calāverās		calāveris
3rd sg.calatcalābatcalābitcalāvitcalārat
calāverat		calārit
calāverit
1st pl.calāmuscalābāmuscalābimuscalāvimuscalāverāmuscalārimus
calāverimus
2nd pl.calātiscalābātiscalābitiscalāstis
calāvistis		calārātis
calāverātis		calāritis
calāveritis
3rd pl.calantcalābantcalābuntcalārunt
calāvēre, calāvērunt		calārant
calāverant		calārint
calāverint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.calemcalāremcalārim
calāverim		calāssem
calāvissem
2nd sg.calēscalārēscalāverīscalāssēs
calāvissēs
3rd sg.caletcalāretcalārit
calāverit		calāsset
calāvisset
1st pl.calēmuscalārēmuscalārīmus
calāverīmus		calāssēmus
calāvissēmus
2nd pl.calētiscalārētiscalārītis
calāverītis		calāssētis
calāvissētis
3rd pl.calentcalārentcalārint
calāverint		calāssent
calāvissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.calorcalābarcalābor
2nd sg.calāris
calāre		calābāris
calābāre		calāberis
calābere
3rd sg.calāturcalābāturcalābitur
1st pl.calāmurcalābāmurcalābimur
2nd pl.calāminīcalābāminīcalābiminī
3rd pl.calanturcalābanturcalābuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.calercalārer
2nd sg.calēris
calēre		calārēris
calārēre
3rd sg.calēturcalārētur
1st pl.calēmurcalārēmur
2nd pl.calēminīcalārēminī
3rd pl.calenturcalārentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.calācalāre
pres. 2nd pl.calātecalāminī
fut. 2nd sg.calātōcalātor
fut. 3rd sg.calātōcalātor
fut. 2nd pl.calātōte—
fut. 3rd pl.calantōcalantor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivecalārecalārī
perfect infinitivecalāsse
calāvisse		calātum esse
future infinitivecalātūrum essecalātum īrī
present participlecalāns—
perfect participle—calātus
calāta, calātā, calātae, calātam, calātārum, calātās, calātī, calātōrum, calātōs
future participlecalātūrus
calātūra, calātūrā, calātūrae, calātūram, calātūrārum, calātūrās, calātūre, calātūrī, calātūrīs, calātūrō, calātūrōrum, calātūrōs, calātūrum		calandus
calanda, calandā, calandae, calandam, calandārum, calandās, calande, calandīs, calandōrum, calandōs
gerundcalandī, calandō, calandumsupinecalātum, calātū

călo (as a very ancient word, with its derivatives also written kălo;
I. v. the letter K), āre, v. a. cf. Gr. καλῶ; 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.

Origins

From Proto-Italic *kalō, from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (“to call, shout”). Cognate with Latin clāmō, clārus, classis, concilium, Ancient Greek καλέω (kaléō), Old English hlōwan (“to make a loud noise, roar, bellow”) (whence English low (“to moo”)). Another possible cognate is Proto-Slavic *kolkolъ (“bell”).

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesCaloCalo a slave of the lower kind, usually but not always (cf. Hor. Sat. 1.2, 44, i.. 6, 103; Up. 1.14, 42; Cic. de Nat. Deor. 3.5, 11) applied to a sold…

Quick answers

What does cālō mean in Latin?
cālō, a noun, means “a military servant”.
What is the genitive of cālō?
The genitive singular is cālōnis. cālō is masculine, third declension.
How do you pronounce cālō?
In classical Latin, [ˈkaː.ɫoː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈkaː.lo].