The adjective was formed ascaliga(“a leathern shoeor boot”) +‎-ātus(“-ed”,suffix forming adjectives); the noun is a substantivisation of the adjective’s masculine forms, in elliptical use for[mīles] caligātus(“booted [soldier]”).

• (Classical Latin)IPA^(key): /ka.liˈɡaː.tus/,[kälʲɪˈɡäːt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key): /ka.liˈɡa.tus/,[käliˈɡäːt̪us]

caligātus (femininecaligāta,neutercaligātum);first/second-declension adjective

1. (military)wearingsoldiers’boots,booted
   1. (figuratively) belonging to the lower (social) orders, lowly, obscure
   2. (Medieval Latin, transferred sense) most pitiful, contemptible, unfortunate,or wretched

      Synonym:miserrimus

2. (of a peasant) in heavy shoes, brogans

First/second-declension adjective.

• English:caligate

caligātus m (genitivecaligātī);second declension

1. (military) acommon soldier, aprivate

   Synonym:mīlesgregārius

Second-declension noun.

• “călĭgātus”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “caligatus”, inCharlton T. Lewis (1891)An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "caligatus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’sGlossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• călĭgātus inGaffiot, Félix (1934)Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page245/1.
• “caligātus” on page 258/3 of theOxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

• (Classical Latin)IPA^(key): /kaː.liːˈɡaː.tus/,[käːlʲiːˈɡäːt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key): /ka.liˈɡa.tus/,[käliˈɡäːt̪us]

cālīgātus (femininecālīgāta,neutercālīgātum);first/second-declension participle

1. steamed
2. groped about, had pooreyesight

First/second-declension adjective.

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