caligatus

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

călĭgātus, a, um, adj. [caliga],

I wearing soldiers’ boots , booted : milites, Suet. Vit. 7 fin. ; Dig. 3, 2, 2; 48, 3, 9; Inscr. Grut. 279, 3.—Of a peasant in heavy shoes , brogans , Juv. 3, 322.—

II Subst.: călĭgātus , i, m. (sc. miles), a common soldier , a private , = gregarius, Suet. Aug. 25; cf. Dig. 27, 1, 10.

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