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callum , i, n. (callus , i, m., Cels. 5, 18, 36; 5, 26, 31 al.; Domit. Mars. ap. Charis. p. 55; plur. calli, Scrib. Comp. 37; 205; Suet. Aug. 80) [cf. Gr. καλάμη; Lat. culmus, culmen].
B. Meton.
1. The hard flesh of certain animals: “aprugnum,Plaut. Poen. 3, 2, 2; id. Pers. 2, 5, 4; for which absol. callum, id. Capt. 4, 3, 4; id. Ps. 1, 2, 33: “manus elephanti,Plin. 8, 10, 10, § 31: “locustarum,id. 9, 30, 50, § 95.—
2. The hard skin or the hard flesh of plants: “uvarum,Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 14: “pirorum ac malorum,id. 15, 28, 34, § 116: “fungorum,id. 22, 23, 47, § 96: “foliorum,id. 16, 22, 34, § 82; Pall. Mart. 10, 28 al.
3. The hard covering of the soil: “terrae,Plin. 17, 5, 3, § 33; 19, 2, 11, § 33; 31, 4, 30, § 53; also, of the hardness of salt: “salis,id. 16, 12, 23, § 56.—
II. Trop., hardness, callousness, insensibility, stupidity (rare; “most freq. in Cic.): ipse labor quasi callum quoddam obducit dolori,renders callous to pain, Cic. Tusc. 2, 15, 36; 3, 22, 53; id. Fam. 9, 2, 3: “ducere,Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 8, 2: “inducere,Quint. 12, 6, 6.
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