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Caligula, Caligulae

caligula

noun (m., 1^st declension)

a cognomen of the successor of Tiberius, since from his earliest youth he was engaged in military service

Abbreviations

caligula, ae, f. dim. caliga, a small military boot; only post-class. ap. Ambros. Ep. 7, 53; Hor. S. 1, 3, 128; Schol. ad Juv. 3, 67.

—Hence, As nom. propr.: Caligu-la, ae, m., a cognomen of the successor of Tiberius, since from his earliest youth he was engaged in military service; cf. Suet. Calig. 9; Tac. A. 1, 41; 1, 69; Aur. Vict. Caes. 3.