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1 cālō
cālō ōnis, m a servant in the army, soldier's servant, Cs.: turba calonum, L.—A low servant, drudge: plures calones Pascendi, H.* * *Icalare, calavi, calatus V TRANSannounce, proclaim; summon, convoke, call forth/together; let down, allow to hang free; loosen; slackenIIcamp/soldier's servant; type of awkwardness/stupidity; low servant/drudge (L+S)III -
2 mediastīnus
mediastīnus ī, m [medius], a common servant, drudge, slave of all work, menial, H.* * * -
3 cālō
cālō —, ātus, āre [1 CAL-], to call together, summon, convoke (only of religious assemblies); hence, a calatis Gaviis, by the assembled gens Gavia.* * *Icalare, calavi, calatus V TRANSannounce, proclaim; summon, convoke, call forth/together; let down, allow to hang free; loosen; slackenIIcamp/soldier's servant; type of awkwardness/stupidity; low servant/drudge (L+S)III -
4 calo
1.călo (as a very ancient word, with its derivatives also written kălo; v. the letter K), āre, v. a. [cf. Gr. kalô; Engl. call], to call, call out, proclaim, call together, summon, convoke; only as t. t. in reference to religious matters; v. Kalendae, and the ancient formulary in Varr. L. L. 6, § 27 Müll.; cf. Macr. S. 1, 15: calata comitia, a kind of comitia held for the purpose of consecrating a priest or a king. Of these, some were curiata, others centuriata, Laelius Felix ap. Gell. 15, 27 sq.:2.Calata in Capitolium plebe,
Macr. S. 1, 15; Quint. 1, 6, 33.—Hence, sarcastically, on account of bribery, calatis granis (instead of comitiis), Cic. Sest. 33, 72 Orell.cālo, ōnis, m. [kalon, timber for burning or joiner's work; kaiô, to burn], a servant in the army, a soldier ' s servant: calones militum servi dicti, qui ligneas clavas gerebant, quae Graece kala vocant, Paul. ex Fest. pp. 46 and 62 Müll.; Serv. ad Verg. A. 6, 1; cf. Non. p. 62, 16; Veg. Mil. 3, 6; Dict. of Antiq.; so Caes. B. G. 6, 36; Liv. 27, 18, 12; 30, 4, 1; Tac. H. 1, 49; 3, 20 fin.; 3, 33; Suet. Calig. 51; id. Galb. 20.—On account of their stupidity:II.sambucam citius caloni aptaveris alto,
Pers. 5, 95.—Transf.A.Any low servant, drudge, Cic. N. D. 3, 5, 11; Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 42; id. S. 1, 2, 44; 1, 6, 103; Sen. Ep. 110, 17.—B.Acc. to Isidorus, some called the tragic buskins calones, because they were made of willow, Isid. Orig. 19, 34, 6. -
5 kalo
1.călo (as a very ancient word, with its derivatives also written kălo; v. the letter K), āre, v. a. [cf. Gr. kalô; Engl. call], to call, call out, proclaim, call together, summon, convoke; only as t. t. in reference to religious matters; v. Kalendae, and the ancient formulary in Varr. L. L. 6, § 27 Müll.; cf. Macr. S. 1, 15: calata comitia, a kind of comitia held for the purpose of consecrating a priest or a king. Of these, some were curiata, others centuriata, Laelius Felix ap. Gell. 15, 27 sq.:2.Calata in Capitolium plebe,
Macr. S. 1, 15; Quint. 1, 6, 33.—Hence, sarcastically, on account of bribery, calatis granis (instead of comitiis), Cic. Sest. 33, 72 Orell.cālo, ōnis, m. [kalon, timber for burning or joiner's work; kaiô, to burn], a servant in the army, a soldier ' s servant: calones militum servi dicti, qui ligneas clavas gerebant, quae Graece kala vocant, Paul. ex Fest. pp. 46 and 62 Müll.; Serv. ad Verg. A. 6, 1; cf. Non. p. 62, 16; Veg. Mil. 3, 6; Dict. of Antiq.; so Caes. B. G. 6, 36; Liv. 27, 18, 12; 30, 4, 1; Tac. H. 1, 49; 3, 20 fin.; 3, 33; Suet. Calig. 51; id. Galb. 20.—On account of their stupidity:II.sambucam citius caloni aptaveris alto,
Pers. 5, 95.—Transf.A.Any low servant, drudge, Cic. N. D. 3, 5, 11; Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 42; id. S. 1, 2, 44; 1, 6, 103; Sen. Ep. 110, 17.—B.Acc. to Isidorus, some called the tragic buskins calones, because they were made of willow, Isid. Orig. 19, 34, 6. -
6 mediastinus
mĕdĭastīnus, i, m. [id.], a common servant, drudge, employed in all kinds of menial occupations (class.): tu illi mediastinus, Cato ap. Non. 143, 9:atque bubulcus,
Lucil. ib. 7:exercitus collectus ex senibus desperatis, ex agresti luxuria, ex rusticis mediastinis, decoctoribus,
Cic. Cat. 2, 3, 5 (dub.):tu mediastinus tacitā prece rura petebas,
Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 14; Col. 2, 13, 7; 1, 9, 3:Prodicus instituens quam vocant iatralepticen, reunctoribus quoque medicorum, ac mediastinis vectigal invenit,
i. e. medical assistants, Plin. 29, 1, 2, § 4; Dig. 4, 9, 1, § 5.
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