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colus
colus
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈko.lus/, [ˈkɔ.ɫʊs]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈko.lus/, [ˈkoː.lus]
Noun
colus m (genitive colī); second declension or colus m (genitive colūs); fourth declension
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | colus | colī |
| genitive | colī | colōrum |
| dative | colō | colīs |
| accusative | colum | colōs |
| ablative | colō | colīs |
| vocative | cole | colī |
or 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/
Noun
cōlus m (genitive cōlī); second declension
- 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)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “colus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: 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