previous next
calx , calcis, f. (m., Pers. 3, 105 dub.; Sil. 7, 696; cf. App. M. 7, p. 483 Oud.; Pers. 3, 105; Grat. Cyn. 278. Whether Lucil. ap. Charis, p. 72 P. belongs here or to 2. calx is undecided) [Sanscr. kar-, wound, kill; akin with λάξ, calcar, calceus],
I.the heel.
2. Prov.: adversus stimulum calces (sc. jactare, etc.) = λακτίζειν πρὸς κέντρον (Aesch Agam. 1624; Pind. Pyth. 2, 174; “W. T. Act. 9, 5),to kick against the pricks, Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 28 Don. and Ruhnk.; cf. Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 55, and s. v. calcitro: calcem impingere alicui rei, to abandon any occupation: “Anglice,to hang a thing on the nail, Petr. 46.—
B. Meton. (pars pro toto), the foot, in gen.: “calcemque terit jam calce,Verg. A. 5, 324 Serv. and Heyne. —
II. Transf. to similar things.
A. In architecture: calces scaporum, the foot of the pillars of a staircase; Fr. patin de l'échiffre, Vitr. 9, praef. § 8.—
B. Calx mali, the foot of the mast, Vitr. 10, 3, 5.—
C. In agriculture, the piece of wood cut off with a scion, Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 156.
hide Dictionary Entry Lookup
Use this tool to search for dictionary entries in all lexica.
Search for in
hide References (21 total)
  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (21):
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.3.56
    • Cicero, For Sulla, 25.71
    • Plautus, Poenulus, 3.3
    • Plautus, Poenulus, 4.1
    • Plautus, Trinummus, 4.2
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 5.324
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 10.892
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 11.714
    • Horace, Satires, 2.1.55
    • Vitruvius, On Architecture, 10.3.5
    • Vitruvius, On Architecture, 9
    • Plautus, Mercator, 5.2
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 3.792
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 5.136
    • Cornelius Nepos, Eumenes, 5.5
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 5.27
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 2, 8.13
    • Persius, Saturae, 3
    • Statius, Silvae, 5.2
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 8.2.8
    • Ovid, Fasti, 3
hide Display Preferences
Greek Display:
Arabic Display:
View by Default:
Browse Bar: