verb
per-callesco
Meaning
- to become very hardened
per-callesco, callŭi, 3,
I. v. inch. n. and a. *
I. Neutr., to become very hardened, very callous:
civitatis patientia percalluerat, Cic. Mil. 28, 76.—II. Act., to get a good knowledge of; in perf., to be well acquainted with, to know well, be well versed in:
usum rerum, Cic. de Or. 2, 34, 137; so, disciplinas Stoicas et dialecticas, Gell. 1, 22, 7: leges, id. 20, 1, 20: quinque et viginti gentium linguas, id. 17, 17, 2.