caleo

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *kalēō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱelh₁-.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈka.le.oː/, [ˈkäɫ̪eoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.le.o/, [ˈkäːleo]

Verb

caleō (present infinitive calēre, perfect active caluī, future participle calitūrus); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem except in the future active participle

1. I am warm or hot, glow.
2. (figuratively) I am aroused, warmed or inflamed.
3. (figuratively) I am troubled or perplexed.
4. (figuratively) I am yet warm, new or fresh.
5. (figuratively, of abstract things) I am carried on warmly, I am urged on zealously.
6. (figuratively, of a place) I am eagerly sought, I am frequented.

Conjugation

Conjugation of caleō (second conjugation, no supine stem except in the future active participle, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	caleō	calēs	calet	calēmus	calētis	calent
	imperfect	calēbam	calēbās	calēbat	calēbāmus	calēbātis	calēbant
	future	calēbō	calēbis	calēbit	calēbimus	calēbitis	calēbunt
	perfect	caluī	caluistī	caluit	caluimus	caluistis	caluērunt, caluēre
	pluperfect	calueram	caluerās	caluerat	caluerāmus	caluerātis	caluerant
	future perfect	caluerō	calueris	caluerit	caluerimus	calueritis	caluerint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	caleam	caleās	caleat	caleāmus	caleātis	caleant
	imperfect	calērem	calērēs	calēret	calērēmus	calērētis	calērent
	perfect	caluerim	caluerīs	caluerit	caluerīmus	caluerītis	caluerint
	pluperfect	caluissem	caluissēs	caluisset	caluissēmus	caluissētis	caluissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	calē	—	—	calēte	—
	future	—	calētō	calētō	—	calētōte	calentō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		calēre	caluisse	calitūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		calēns	—	calitūrus	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		calendī	calendō	calendum	calendō	—	—

Derived terms

• calefaciō
• calēscō
• calidus

• calor
• concaleō
• recaleō

Related terms

Related terms

• caldāmentum
• caldāria
• caldāriola
• caldārium
• caldārius

• caldor
• calefactābilis
• calefactiō
• calefactō

• calefactōrius
• calefactus
• calida
• calidē

• calidum
• calidus
• calōrātus
• calōrificus

Descendants

• Catalan: caldre
• Franco-Provençal: chalêr
• French: chaloir

• Occitan: caler
• Italian: calere
• Spanish: caler

References

• “caleo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “caleo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• caleo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.