callidulus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin callum

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti

Proto-Italic *-ējō

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ēō

Latin -eō

Latin calleō

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.

Proto-Italic *-iðos

Latin -idus

Latin callidus

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-e-lós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -ulus

Latin callidulus

From callidus + -ulus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kalˈlɪ.dʊ.ɫʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [kalˈliː.du.lus]

Adjective

callidulus (feminine callidula, neuter callidulum); first/second-declension adjective

1. diminutive of callidus (“cunning, sly”)
   • c. 303 CE, Arnobius, Against the Pagans 2.68:

     et hunc similiter morem, non fraude callidula, et nominum ambiguitate mutastis?

     have you not, in like manner, changed this custom too, by means of cunning deceit and ambiguous names?

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	callidulus	callidula	callidulum		callidulī	callidulae	callidula
genitive	callidulī	callidulae	callidulī		callidulōrum	callidulārum	callidulōrum
dative	callidulō	callidulae	callidulō		callidulīs
accusative	callidulum	callidulam	callidulum		callidulōs	callidulās	callidula
ablative	callidulō	callidulā	callidulō		callidulīs
vocative	callidule	callidula	callidulum		callidulī	callidulae	callidula

References

• “callidulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “callidulus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.