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calceo (calcio ), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. calceus,
I.to furnish with shoes, to put on shoes, to shoe (class. in prose and poetry): calceati et vestiti, * Cic. Cael. 26, 62; Suet. Aug. 78: “cothurnis,Plin. 7, 20, 19, § 83: “soccis,id. 36, 5, 4, § 41: calceandi pedes, * Phaedr. 1, 14, 16; Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 181: “fibrinis pellibus,id. 32, 9, 36, § 110: calceabat ipse sese, Suet. Vesp. 21 al.
B. Of animals (whose feet were furnished with shoes to be taken off and put on, not shod as with us): “spartea quă animalia calceantur,Pall. 1, 24, 28: “mulas,Suet. Vesp. 23: “simias,Plin. 8, 54, 80, § 215: “calceatis pedibus,Veg. 3, 58, 2.—
II. Trop.: “calceati dentes,facetè, well prepared for biting, Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 84: “calceati pedes in praeparatione Evangelii,” i. e. ready messengers, Vulg. Eph. 6, 15.
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    • Cicero, For Marcus Caelius, 26.62
    • Plautus, Captivi, 1.2
    • New Testament, Ephesians, 6.15
    • Suetonius, Divus Augustus, 78
    • Suetonius, Divus Vespasianus, 21
    • Suetonius, Divus Vespasianus, 23
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 36.41
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 7.83
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