calcibus

calcibus is a Latin form of calcis, meaning “(calx) heel; lime; finishing line”.

It can also be a form of calx, “heel; lime, chalk; goal (end of the racecourse)”. It is the ablative plural feminine noun or dative plural feminine noun.

Found 30 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.3.56: … m cubaret, in cubiculum introductus est, quod nisi mulieri et decumano patebat alii nemini. ibi cum pugnis et calcibus concisus esset, qui dcc medimnis decidere noluisset, mille promisit. Eubulidas est Grospus Centuripinus, homo …

All forms of calcis (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.