English → Latin
“callous” in Latin
callōsuswith a hard skin, hard-skinned, thick-skinned, callous; solid, tough, hard, thickdūrĭcŏrĭushard-skinnedindūrōto make hard; harden; to become hard; hardenMăcrŏbĭusa Roman grammarian at the end of the fourth century, author of a commentary on Cicero's
The English word callous itself goes back to Latin callum, through callōsus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
callous adj.
callosus; duricorius (Macrobius, Saturnalia, 2, 16; Plin., 15, 18, 19): induratus.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for callous?
- The usual Latin words for “callous” are callōsus, dūrĭcŏrĭus, indūrō; also Măcrŏbĭus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.