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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=caliga caligae N F :: [[soldier's boot]]; [[boot]]; [[military service]]
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>călĭga</b>: ae, f. cf. [[calceus]], from [[calx]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[shoe]] of [[leather]], esp. [[that]] [[worn]] by the Roman soldiers (cf. [[Dio]], 48, 12; Smith, Antiq., and Becker, Gall. III. p. 134, 2d ed.), a [[half]]-[[boot]], a [[soldier]]'s [[boot]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit., *Cic. Att. 2, 3, 1; Just. 38, 10, 3; * Suet. Calig. 52; * Juv. 16, 24; Edict. Diocl. p. 241.—<br /><b>II</b> Meton., [[military]] [[service]], Plin. 7, 43, 44, § 135; Sen. Brev. Vit. 17, 6; id. Ben. 5, 16, 2; Inscr. Grut. 445, 9.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>călĭga</b>,¹⁴ æ, f. ([[calx]]), calige [sorte de soulier, chaussure de soldat romain] : Cic. Att. 2, 3, 1 &#124;&#124; [fig.] profession de soldat : Plin. 7, 135.||[fig.] profession de soldat : Plin. 7, 135.
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{{Georges
|georg=caliga, ae, f., der [[bis]] an das [[Ende]] [[des]] Schienbeins reichende [[Stiefel]], der Halbstiefel, [[dessen]] [[Sohle]] [[bei]] gemeinen Leuten [[mit]] Nägeln [[beschlagen]] war (dah. [[clavus]] [[caligaris]]), a) übh., Cic. ad Att. 2, 3, 1: c. mulionica, eines Maultiertreibers (Fuhrmanns), Edict. Diocl. 9, 5: [[rustica]], eines Bauern, ibid.: [[muliebris]], [[einer]] [[Frau]], ibid. 9, 10: [[stridor]] (das Knarren) caligae, [[Hieron]]. ep. 117, 2: [[dono]] [[tibi]] caligas, Petr. 69, 5. – b) [[bes]]. der [[Stiefel]] der röm. Soldaten, der Soldatenstiefel (vollst. cal. [[militaris]], Plin. 7, 135. Edict. Diocl. 9, 6), Iuven. 16, 24. Iustin. 38, 10, 3: c. speculatoria, eines [[von]] der [[Leibwache]], Suet. Cal. 52. – dah. meton. = [[Dienst]] eines gemeinen Soldaten, Gamaschendienst, [[Marium]] [[caliga]] dimisit (M. ist den G. [[los]]); [[consulatus]] exercet, Sen. de brev. vit. 17, 3: a [[caliga]] ([[von]] der [[Pike]]) ad consulatum perduci, Sen. de ben. 5, 16, 2, od. [[usque]] [[septimum]] consulatum pervenire, [[Ampel]]. 18, 15: in [[caliga]] ([[als]] gemeiner [[Soldat]]) militare, Corp. inscr. Lat. 3, 7108 (vgl. 6, 33061).
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{{LaZh
|lnztxt=caliga, ae. f. :: 兵鞋。當兵。A caliga ad consulatum perduci 兵出身陞總官。
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