I.a kind of boot made of raw hide, worn chiefly by soldiers and wagoners (cf. caliga): “crudus,” Verg. A. 7, 690: “alto per glaciem perone tegi,” Juv. 14, 186; App. M. 7, p. 465; Sid. Ep. 4, 20: “perones effeminati,” Tert. Pall. 5.
pēro , ōnis, m.,
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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