Calpe

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Calpē, ēs, f., = Κάλπη,

I one of the pillars of Hercules in Hispania Baetica, now Rock of Gibraltar , Mel. 1, 5, 3; 2, 6, 8; Plin. 3, prooem. § 4; 3, 1, 3, § 7; Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 1: Ibera, Sen. Herc. Oet. 1254; Luc. 1, 555; 4, 71 (abl. scanned Calpĕ, Juv. 14, 279).—

II Derivv.

A Calpētānus , a, um, adj., of Calpe : gurges, Avien. Progn. 1620.—

B Calpētĭtānus , a, um, adj., of Calpe : vada, Avien. Arat. 1023.

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