caligate
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin caligātus (“wearing soldiers’ boots, booted”), from caliga (“a Roman military leathern boot”) + -ātus (“-ed, -ate”, suffix forming adjectives).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
caligate (not comparable)
- (obsolete) Wearing caligae or military boots.
- 1562, Gerard Legh, The Accedens of Armory, 4th edition, published 1597, page 40b:
- These are Knightes in their offices, but not nobles, and are called knights Caligate of Armes, because they were startuppes to the middle legge.
- 1586, John Ferne, The Blazon of Gentrie, page 106:
- If ſuch a one haue deſerued, by playing the part of a caligate knight, that is, a ſouldior on foote…to be aduanced to the order of knighthod by the sword: firſt, let him receiue of his Soueraigne ſome ſignes and tokens of honor, to ſet vpon his armor, and then hath he capacitie to receiue ſo great a dignity.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:caligate.
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
wearing caligae or military boots
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References[edit]
- “†Ca·ligate, a.” on page 33/1 of § 1 (C) of volume II (C, ed. James Augustus Henry Murray, 1893) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (1st ed.)
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ka.liˈɡaː.te/, [kälʲɪˈɡäːt̪ɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ka.liˈɡa.te/, [käliˈɡäːt̪e]
Adjective[edit]
caligāte
Noun[edit]
caligāte m
Etymology 2[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kaː.liːˈɡaː.te/, [käːlʲiːˈɡäːt̪ɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ka.liˈɡa.te/, [käliˈɡäːt̪e]
Verb[edit]
cālīgāte
Etymology 3[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kaː.liːˈɡaː.te/, [käːlʲiːˈɡäːt̪ɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ka.liˈɡa.te/, [käliˈɡäːt̪e]
Participle[edit]
cālīgāte
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