colus

Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos (“circle, wheel”). Cognates include Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos), Tocharian B kokale, Old Church Slavonic коло (kolo), Lithuanian kãklas, Sanskrit चक्र (cakrá), and Old English hwēol (English wheel).

Pronunciation

Noun

colus m (genitive colī); second declension or colus f (genitive colūs); fourth declension

  1. distaff
  2. spinning, spun thread
Inflection
Second declension.
Case Singular Plural
nominative colus colī
genitive colī colōrum
dative colō colīs
accusative colum colōs
ablative colō colīs
vocative cole colī
 Fourth declension.
Case Singular Plural
nominative colus colūs
genitive colūs coluum
dative coluī colibus
accusative colum colūs
ablative colū colibus
vocative colus colūs

Etymology 2

Alternative form of cōlon (“the colon”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkoː.lus/, [ˈkoː.ɫʊs]

Noun

cōlus m (genitive cōlī); second declension

  1. Alternative form of cōlon
Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative cōlus cōlī
genitive cōlī cōlōrum
dative cōlō cōlīs
accusative cōlum cōlōs
ablative cōlō cōlīs
vocative cōle cōlī

References

  • colus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • colus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • colus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • colus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • colus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • colus in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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