verb

con-callesco

2nd PP con-callescere · 3rd PP callui · conj. 3rd

to become hard; callous;

v. inch. [calleo]; lit., to become hard or callous; hence, trop., *

to become shrewd, practised •

Of the intellect, to become shrewd, practised (cf. calleo, I.): callidos eos appello, quorum, tamquam manus opere, sic animus usu concalluit, Cic. N. D. 3, 10, 25.—*

to become insensible, obtuse

Of the feelings, to become insensible, obtuse: locus ille animi nostri, stomachus ubi habitabat olim, concalluit, Cic. Att. 4, 16, 10.

Perseus ID: n9750 Key: concallesco