English

Adjective

caligate ‎(not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Wearing caligæ or military boots.
   • 1562, Gerard Legh, The Accedens of Armory (4th ed., 1597), page 40b:

     These are Knightes in their offices, but not nobles, and are called knights Caligate of Armes, because they were startuppes to the middle legge.

   • 1586, John Ferne, The Blazon of Gentrie, page 106:

     If ſuch a one haue deſerued, by playing the part of a caligate knight, that is, a ſouldior on foote…to be aduanced to the order of knighthod by the sword: firſt, let him receiue of his Soueraigne ſome ſignes and tokens of honor, to ſet vpon his armor, and then hath he capacitie to receiue ſo great a dignity.

   • For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:caligate.

Derived terms

• knight caligate

Related terms

Translations

References

• “†Ca·ligate, a.” on page 33/1 of § 1 (C) of volume II (C, ed. James Augustus Henry Murray, 1893) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (1st ed.)

Latin

Pronunciation 1

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ka.liˈɡaː.te/, [ka.lɪˈɡaː.tɛ]

Adjective

caligāte

1. vocative masculine singular of caligātus

Noun

caligāte m

1. vocative singular of caligātus

Pronunciation 2

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kaː.liːˈɡaː.te/, [kaː.liːˈɡaː.tɛ]

Verb

cālīgāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of cālīgō

Participle

cālīgāte

1. vocative masculine singular of cālīgātus