Soccus

sýkkhoi), sometimes given in translation as a slipper, was a loosely fitting slip-on shoe[2] in Ancient Greece and Rome with a leather sole and separate leather, bound without the use of hobnails.

[2][3] The soccus was considered effeminate, and the emperor Caligula is described as having worn them, possibly as a form of insult.

[4][5] Later socci became popular with the general public, and several types were listed in the Edict of Diocletian.

[6] The word was adopted into West Germanic languages for similarly light footwear, eventually becoming English socks.

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