calco

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

calcō āvī, ātus, āre

1 calx, to tread, tread upon, trample : exstructos morientum acervos, O.: calcata vipera, trodden , O.: in foro calcatur, L.: pede, Ta.: Huc ager dulcesque undae ad plenum calcentur, packed in , V.: cineres ossaque legionum, Ta.—Fig., to trample upon, suppress : hostem, Iu.: libertas nostra, L.: amorem, O.— Of space, to tread, pass over : calcanda semel via leti, H.: durum aequor, the frozen sea , O.

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