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Calpē , ēs, f., = Κάλπη,
I.one of the pillars of Hercules in Hispania Baetica, now Rock of Gibraltar, Mel. 1, 5, 3; 2, 6, 8; Plin. 3, prooem. § 4; 3, 1, 3, § 7; Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 1: “Ibera,” Sen. Herc. Oet. 1254; Luc. 1, 555; 4, 71 (abl. scanned Calpĕ, Juv. 14, 279).—
II. Derivv.
A. Calpētā-nus , a, um, adj., of Calpe: “gurges,” Avien. Progn. 1620.—
B. Calpētĭtānus , a, um, adj., of Calpe: “vada,” Avien. Arat. 1023.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (5):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 10.32.1
    • Lucan, Civil War, 1.555
    • Lucan, Civil War, 4.71
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 3
    • Seneca, Hercules Oetaeus, 1254
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