Noun: calceus
| Singular | calceus |
| Plural | calceuses; calcei |
Sample Sentences
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In its earliest form the calceus was a low-cut model of the Greek endromis, a snug-fitting ankle-high boot, the front finished in a tongue to facilitate drawing on the shoe. [1948, Ruth Turner Wilcox, The Mode in Footwear..., page 32:]
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In comparison with the soccus and the solea, the calceus was a more formal footwear. We do not not usually find it in scenes of private life... We never find it with banquets, where the soccus and the solea prevail. It was probably only put on when leaving the house or, in the case of men, when receiving guests in a formal manner. [2022, Jan Radicke, Roman Women's Dress..., p. 99]
Nouns inflected like calceus
deinonychus,
shamus,
pearly nautilus,
splenic plexus,
paper nautilus,
boletus,
sight radius,
subfocus,
pandanus,
pegasus,
zoilus,
Bohr radius,
black fungus,
ranunculus,
prodromus,
periannulus,
organ pipe cactus,
pluteus,
star cactus,
periplous, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Latin calceus, substantive use of calx (“heel”) + -eus (“-y: forming adjectives”). See: Latin Nouns '
calceus'.