calcea

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Interlingua

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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calcea (plural calceas)

  1. sock
  2. stocking

Latin

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Etymology 1

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From calce- +‎ -a (feminine ending). Attested from 800 CE in the works of Theodulf of Orléans.[1]

Noun

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calcea f (genitive calceae); first declension (Early Medieval Latin)

  1. stocking (? presumably)
Declension
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First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative calcea calceae
Genitive calceae calceārum
Dative calceae calceīs
Accusative calceam calceās
Ablative calceā calceīs
Vocative calcea calceae
Descendants
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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calceā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of calceō

References

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  1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “calceus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 2: C Q K, page 72