Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ka.liˈɡaː.tus/, [ka.lɪˈɡaː.tʊs]

Adjective

caligātus m ‎(feminine caligāta, neuter caligātum); first/second declension

1. (military) wearing soldiers’ boots, booted
   1. (figuratively) belonging to the lower (social) orders, lowly, obscure
   2. (Medieval Latin, transferred sense) most pitiful, contemptible, unfortunate, or wretched
2. (of a peasant) in heavy shoes, brogans

Declension

First/second declension.

Synonyms

• (most pitiful, contemptible, unfortunate, or wretched): miserrimus

Descendants

• English: caligate

Noun

caligātus m ‎(genitive caligātī); second declension

1. (military) a common soldier, a private

Declension

Second declension.

Synonyms

• (common soldier, private): mīles gregārius

References

• călĭgātus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• caligatus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• CALIGATUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “călĭgātus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, page 245/1.
• “caligātus” on page 258/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kaː.liːˈɡaː.tus/, [kaː.liːˈɡaː.tʊs]

Participle

cālīgātus m ‎(feminine cālīgāta, neuter cālīgātum); first/second declension

1. perfect passive participle of cālīgō

Declension

First/second declension.