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Călŏcissus the name of a cup-bearer călor warmth; heat; glow; Vital heat;; Summer heat Călŏr a river in Samnium; the Calore călōrātus adj. hot; heated; incited călōrĭfĭcus adj. causing warmth; warming; heating calpar a vessel for liquids; for wine; a winecask; wine-pitcher Calpē one of the pillars of Hercules in; Rock of Gibraltar; of Calpe Calpurnĭus adj. the name of the very distinguished Calpurnian; subst; consul; and afterwards; l… caltha a strongsmelling yellow flower; pot marigold calthŭla a yellow garment for women; a yellow robe călummă a covering călumnĭa trickery; artifice; chicanery; cunning device; A pretence călumnĭātor a contriver of tricks; artifices; a pettifogger; a perverter of law; a chicaner călumnĭātrix she who plots against; makes false accusations călumnĭor To accuse falsely; bring false information; To practise chicanery; trickery; su… călumnĭōsē adv. călumnĭōsus adj. full of tricks; artifices; swindling; Subst; a person convicted of false inform… calva calvārĭa The skull; Calvary; the place where Jesus Christ was crucified calvārĭŏla a small cup calvārĭum a kind of round sea-fish without scales calvātus adj. made bald; bare Calvēna a nickname of the bald-headed Matius; a friend of Cœsar calvĕo v. n. to be bald calvesco v. inch. n. to become bald; to grow up thin; far apart Calvīna the name of a notorious woman of rank Calvīnus a Roman cognomen;; consul; an eminent advocate calvio Calvĭsĭus the name of several Romans;; lieutenant of Cæsar; and afterwards prœtor in Afri… calvĭtĭes baldness calvĭtĭum baldness; bareness; sterility calvor v. dep. a. To devise tricks; use artifice; attack one with artifice; to intrigue against; … calvus adj. bald; without hair; Subst; the scalp without hair; worshipped in a particular t… Calvus a cognomen of several persons; especially of the poet and orator C. Licinius; calx the heel; to kick; to abandon any occupation; the foot; the foot of the pillars… calx A small stone used in gaming; a counter; Limestone; lime; slaked Călўcadnus a river and promontory of Cilicia călўcŭlus a small flower-bud; the cup; calyx of a flower; the outer skin; hide Călўdon a very ancient town in Ætolia; Kurt-aga; the river Evenus; built by a hero of t… călymma Călymnē an island in the Ægean Sea; not far from Rhodes; distinguished for its honey; K… Călypso a nymph; daughter of Atlas; who ruled in the Island Ogygia; in the Sicilian Sea călyx the bud; cup; calyx of a flower; The shell of fruits; An egg-shell călyx a plant of two kinds; the monk; s-hood cama a small bed near the ground cămăcum Camaldūnum camara Cămărīna a city on the south-west coast of Sicily; a colony from Syracuse; Camarana cămăro camarus cambio v. n. to exchange; barter cambĭtas exchange; barter Cambūnii a mountain range on the boundary between Thessaly and Macedonia Cambȳses The husband of Mandane; and father of the elder Cyrus; The son and successor of… cămēla a female camel cămēlae pertaining to a marriage festival cămēlārĭus a cameldriver cămēlēlăsĭa camel-driving; the care of the camels belonging to the State cămēlīnus adj. relating to a camel; camel's- cămella f dim; a kind of drinking vessel; a wine-goblet; wine-cup; cup cămēlŏpardălis a camelopard; giraffe cămēlŏpŏdĭon a plant; camel; s-foot; horehound cămēlus a camel Cămēna a Muse; poetry; a poem; song; relating to the Muses cămĕra the interior of a vault; arch; a flat ship with an arched covering; used by tho… cămĕrārĭus adj. which climb over something; climbing cămĕrātĭo Cămĕrĭa a town in Latium; of Camerinus; subst; the inhabitants of Cameria; a cognomen i… Cămĕrīnum a town in Umbria; on the borders of Picenum; Camerino; of Camerinum; Subst Cămĕrium cămĕro v. a. to vault; arch over Cămĕses a mythic king in Italy; contemporary with Janus camilla Camilla a Volscian heroine; who perished in the war between Æneas and Turnus camillum camillum cămillus a noble youth employed in the sacrifices of the; in religious offices; small; a… Cămillus a cognomen of several persons in the cămīno v. a. to make like an oven; furnace cămīnus a furnace; A smelting-furnace for the working of metals; a forge; the forge; sm… Cămīrus Son of the fourth Hercules; brother of Jalysus and Lindus; and founder of the t… camĭsĭa a linen shirt; night-gown cammăron a plant; also called cammărus a sea-crab; lobster Cămoena campa campăgus a kind of boot worn by military officers campana a bell Campāna campānĕus adj. pertaining to the fields Campānĭa the very fruitful and luxurious; province of Campania; in Middle Italy; whose c… campē A turning; writhing; A caterpillar Campensis a surname of Isis; who had a temple on the Campus Martius campester adj. pertaining to a level field; even; flat; level; champaign campestrātus clothed with the campestre; apron campĭ-cursĭo military exercise in the campĭ-doctor one who drills; exercises soldiers in the; a drill-master campĭgĕni well disciplined soldiers campsanēma a plant