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calcei

calcei is the plural of calceus.

Meaning of calceus

Noun

calceus (plural calceuses or calcei)

  1. A kind of low leather Roman boot or hightop shoe.
    • 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

Questions about calcei

What is calcei the plural of?
Calcei is the plural of calceus.

Words near calcei in the dictionary

  1. calcedon
  2. calcedonic
  3. calcedonies
  4. calcedons
  5. calcedony
  6. calcei
  7. calceiform
  8. calcein
  9. calceins
  10. calcelarioside
  11. calcelariosides

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