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|lshtext=<b>călo</b>: (as a [[very]] [[ancient]] [[word]], [[with]] its derivatives also written kălo;<br /><b>I</b><br /> v. the [[letter]] K), āre, v. a. cf. Gr. καλῶ>; Engl. [[call]], to [[call]], [[call]] [[out]], [[proclaim]], [[call]] [[together]], [[summon]], [[convoke]]; [[only]] as t. t. in [[reference]] to [[religious]] matters; v. [[Kalendae]], and the [[ancient]] formulary in Varr. L. L. 6, § 27 Müll.; cf. Macr. S. 1, 15: calata [[comitia]], a [[kind]] of [[comitia]] held for the [[purpose]] of consecrating a [[priest]] or a [[king]]. Of these, [[some]] were curiata, others centuriata, [[Laelius]] [[Felix]] ap. Gell. 15, 27 sq.: Calata in [[Capitolium]] plebe, Macr. S. 1, 15; Quint. 1, 6, 33.—Hence, [[sarcastically]], on [[account]] of [[bribery]], calatis granis ([[instead]] of comitiis), Cic. Sest. 33, 72 Orell.<br /><b>cālo</b>: ōnis, m. [[κᾶλον]]>, [[timber]] for [[burning]] or [[joiner]]'s [[work]]; [[καίω]]>, to [[burn]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[servant]] in the [[army]], a [[soldier]]'s [[servant]]: calones militum servi dicti, qui ligneas clavas gerebant, quae [[Graece]] κᾶλα vocant, Paul. ex Fest. pp. 46 and 62 Müll.; Serv. ad Verg. A. 6, 1; cf. Non. p. 62, 16; Veg. Mil. 3, 6; Dict. of Antiq.; so Caes. B. G. 6, 36; Liv. 27, 18, 12; 30, 4, 1; Tac. H. 1, 49; 3, 20 fin.; 3, 33; Suet. Calig. 51; id. Galb. 20.—On [[account]] of [[their]] [[stupidity]]: sambucam citius caloni aptaveris [[alto]], Pers. 5, 95.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Any [[low]] [[servant]], [[drudge]], Cic. N. D. 3, 5, 11; Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 42; id. S. 1, 2, 44; 1, 6, 103; Sen. Ep. 110, 17.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Acc. to [[Isidorus]], [[some]] called the [[tragic]] buskins calones, [[because]] [[they]] were made of [[willow]], Isid. Orig. 19, 34, 6.
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