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Caligula
A Roman emperor; so called because he wore a military sandal
called a caliga, which had no upper leather, and was used only by the
common soldiers. (12, 37-41.)
“ `The word caligæ, however,' continued the Baron ... `means,
in its primitive sense, sandals; and Caius Cæsar ... received the
cognomen of Caligula, a caligis, sive caligis levio'-ribus, quibus
adolescentior non fuerat in exercitu Germanici patris sui. And the
caligoe were also proper to the monastic bodies; for we read in the
ancient Glossarium, upon the rule of St. Benedict ... that caligoe
were tied with latchets.” —Scott: Waverley. xlviii.
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