occallesco

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

occallesco (obc-), lui, 3, v. inch. n. [ob-calleo], to get a thick skin; to grow or become callous.

I Lit.: latera occallescunt plagis, Plaut. As. 2, 4, 13; Cels. 4, 24. —Poet., of one metamorphosed into a swine: os sensi occallescere rostro, Ov. M. 14, 282.—

II Trop., to become callous , hardened , insensible : jam prorsus occallui, Cic. Att. 2, 18, 4: longā patientiā occallui, Plin. Ep. 2, 15, 2: sic mores occalluere, Col. 8, 16, 6.

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