callum

See also: Callum

Latin

Alternative forms

callus

Etymology

Uncertain, but possibly derived from Proto-Indo-European *kal- (“hard”) (perhaps via suffixed zero-grade *kl̥H-no-(m)); see also Old Church Slavonic калити (kaliti, “to harden, cool”), Old Irish calath (“hard”), Sanskrit कलिका (kalikā, “bud”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkal.lum/, [ˈkälːʲʊ̃ˑ]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkal.lum/, [ˈkälːum]

Noun

callum n (genitive callī); second declension

A hard or thick substance.
The hardened, thick skin upon animal bodies, hide.
The hard skin or flesh of plants.
The hard covering of soil.
A callus, induration.
(figuratively) Hardness, callousness, insensibility, stupidity.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	callum	calla
Genitive	callī	callōrum
Dative	callō	callīs
Accusative	callum	calla
Ablative	callō	callīs
Vocative	callum	calla

Synonyms

(callus): clāvus
(hide): corium, cutis, pellis, scortum, tergus

Derived terms

calleō
callōsus

Related terms

callōsitās

Descendants

Catalan: call, cal·lus
Galician: calo
Italian: callo
Portuguese: calo
Sicilian: caḍḍu
Spanish: callo
Venetian: calo
- → Cimbrian: kaalo

References

De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “callum”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 84
“callum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“callum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
callum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
callum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to render insensible to pain: callum obducere dolori (Tusc. 2. 15. 36)