callis

callis , is, m.: a narrow, uneven footpath; path, 4.405.

callis, is, m. (fem., Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 10; Liv. 22, 14, 8; 31, 42, 8; 36, 15, 9; Curt. 3, 10, 10; 4, 16, 11; Amm.30, 1, 15; 31, 10, 9; cf. Neue, Formenl. 1, p. 673) [etym. dub.; acc. to Serv. ad Verg. A. 4, 405, and Isid. Orig. 15, 16, 10, from callum; cf. Doed. Syn. IV. p. 68], a stony, uneven, narrow footway, a foot-path, a mountain-path, etc.; most freq., a path made by the treading of cattle: callis est iter pecudum inter montes angustum et tritum, a callo pecudum perduratum, Isid. Orig. l. l.: callis = via pecorum vestigiis trita, Vet. Gloss.

• I Lit.: per calles silvestres, Varr. R. R. 2, 9 fin.; 2, 10, 1 and 3; Cic. Sest. 5, 12 Orell.: inde prope inviis callibus ad dictatorem perfugerunt, Liv. 22, 15, 10; cf. id. 32, 11, 2; Verg. A. 4, 405; cf. Ov. M. 7, 626 al.: per calles ignotos, Liv. 31, 42, 8; 35, 27, 6; 36, 15, 9; 38, 2, 10; Curt. 7, 11, 7: secreti, Verg. A. 6, 443: surgens, Pers. 4 (3), 57.—
• II Transf.
• • A A mountain-pasturage, alp, declivity, mountain-pass, defile (cf. Vogel ad Curt. 3, 10, 10 N. cr.): rara per occultos lucebat semita calles, Verg. A. 9, 383 Heyne: nos hic pecorum modo per aestivos saltus deviasque callis exercitum ducimus, Liv. 22, 14, 8: per calles saltusque Macedonicorum montium, id. 44, 36, 10: in Ciliciae angustiis et inviis callibus dimicare, Curt. 4, 13, 6: angustis in Ciliciae callibus, id. 4, 9, 22; 5, 4, 4; 5, 4, 17; Liv. 35, 30, 10: quaestor, cui provincia vetere ex more calles evenerant, Tac. A. 4, 27 Orell. and Draeg. ad loc.; cf.: (provincia) semitae callesque, Suet. Aug. 19: calles consitae arboribus, Amm.31, 10, 9.—
  • B A way, path, road, in gen., Val. Fl. 3, 568; 5, 394 (but in Lucr. 6, 92, the correct read. is calcis, not callis; v. Lachm. ad h. l.).

callis, is, m. u. (in Prosa gew.) f., ein über Anhöhen u. Berge führender ungebahnter Pfad, der Bergpfad, Gebirgspfad, Waldweg, nur dem Vieh zugängliche Triftweg, die Trift, Plur. auch meton. = Gebirgstriften, Gebirgshutungen, α) Sing., Amm. 30, 1, 15. Auct. itin. Alex. 45 in. Pers. 3, 57. Val. Flacc. 3, 368. Claud. b. Get. 282: poet. v. Pfade der Ameise, Verg. Aen. 4, 405. Ov. met. 7, 626: u. übh. Abzugsweg, Varr. sat. Men. 430 B. – β) gew. Plur.: iter callium, Marsch über die G., Curt.: Italiae calles (in den Abruzzen) et pastorum stabula, Cic.: calles saltusque Macedonicorum montium, Liv.: calles silvestres longinqui, Varr.: calles inviae, Liv. u. Curt.: calles occulti, Verg.: silvestres calles, vix singulis pervii, Curt.: calles consitae arboribus, Amm.: nos hic pecorum modo per aestivos saltus deviasque calles exercitum ducimus, Liv.: timor incessit, ne quas per imminentia iuga calles inveniret, Liv.: cum quaedam in callibus, ut solet, pastorum controversia esset, Cic. – bes. calles publicae, Gebirgstriften des Staates, Varr. r. r. 2, 2, 10: calleis viaeque publicae, Leg. agr. fragm. XXVI im Corp. inscr. Lat. 1. p. 81: dah. als eine öffentliche Verwaltung (provincia) silvae callesque, Suet. Caes. 19, 2, u. bl. calles, Tac. ann. 4, 27 H. – ➳ Über das gen. fem. vgl. Drak. u. Fabri Liv. 22, 14, 8. Zumpt u. Mützell Curt. 3, 10 (25), 10. Neue-Wagener Formenl.³ Bd. 1. S. 1000. – Abl. Sing. calle, seltener calli, Itin. Alex. 45 Volkmann.

1 callis [CL] , path, road. b route, course, journey; c (fig.). ~is, paat GlC C 104; ~is, deora pað Ælf. Gl.; si quis calumniatus in ~e et divadiatus fuerit DB I 1; hae [domus] erant positae in ~e regis DB I 2; concordatum est de rectis ~ibus quae habent per civitatem introitum et exitum; ‥ similiter de ~ibus rectis extra civitatem Ib; hi sunt quatuor principales ~es Anglie [Ichenild, Erningestrete, Watlingestrate, Fossa] H. Hunt. HA I 7; non hodie callis amfractu Rocida Vallis / Rolandi resonat ense tubisque sonat Garl. Tri. Eccl. 90.  b nec satis est unum per campos pandere callem Aldh. Aen. 59 (Penna) 6; navigeros calles ut pandam classibus index Ib. 92 (Farus) 4; Romanam prospero ~e tetendit ad urbem B. V. Dunst. 27; mutato consilio simul et ~e Gir. JS 4 p. 239; transito mari ~e citato properat ad cenobium Ciren. I 375.  c dum calles gemini dispari tramite tendunt Aldh. VirgV 763; ebrius ad vitae si nescit tendere callem Ib. 2514; curavit suos ‥ ad eum quem cognoverat ‥ veritatis ~em perducere Bede HE V 15; semper, dum vixit, directo est calle secutus Alcuin SS Ebor 1313; 940 (13c) imminente dissolutionis suae ~e corporis et animae CS 761 (cf. ib. 931); artus ~is ad ampla ducit palatia Map NC IV 4; patres ecclesie tendunt in calle sophie Garl. Tri. Eccl. 91; Id. Myst. Eccl. 451 (v. caliga 1 b).

2 callis v. callus

callis, (12) is, m. Virg. En. 4, 404 et f. Liv. et prosateurs, sentier foulé par les troupeaux : Varro R. 3, 17, 9 ; Liv. 22, 14, 8 ; Cic. Clu. 161 || sentier : Liv. 31, 42, 8 ; etc.

callis , is. m.
狹徑短路。小路。

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callis is, m and f

• 1 CEL-, CER-, a stony footway, foot-path, mountain-path, pass, defile: inviis callibus, L.: angustus, V.: suum servare callem, O.: deviae, L.: vix singulis pervii, Cu.—A mountain-pasturage, alp: Italiae callīs praedari: per occultos calles, V.

CALLIS

CALLISdefined by Isidor. Orig. 15.16, 20, as iter pecudum inter montes angustum et tritum, a callo pecudum tritum: cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 4.405In the lex Agraria (C. I. L. 300), § 26, we find quod quisque pecudes in calleis viasve publicas itineris causa induxerit, where Mommsen notes that calleis corresponds to what are now called tratture. Suetonius (Suet. Jul. 19) says that when Caesar and Bibulus were made consuls, provinciae minimi negotii, id est, silvae callesque, were decreed to them, which can hardly mean, as Mommsen (Hist. 4.203) takes it to be, provinces in which the governor should find no other employment than the construction of roads and other such works of utility. In Tac. Ann. 4.27, the MS. reads, quaestor, cui provincia vetere ex mori calles evenerat, which is defended by Orelli, and taken to mean the charge of the mountain-pastures in the southern Apennines; but most scholars adopt the conjecture of Lipsius, Cales, regarding Cales, the oldest Latin colony in Campania, as the residence of the quaestor classicus in charge of South Italy. (Cf. Mommsen, Staatsr. 2.536, note; and Nipperdey ad loc.)

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Callis

A narrow cow-path in the mountains (Isid. Orig. xv. 16, 20).