English

Proper noun

Colo

1. A surname​.
2. A volcano in Indonesia
3. A city in Iowa
4. A town in New South Wales
5. A river in Australia

English

Noun

colo ‎(uncountable)

1. (computing) co-location.

   The previous wall outlet tests at their colo facility ran for 6 days straight without issue.

   One was a mistake in the colo, where there was a mislabeled circuit, so they cut power to 1/3 of one of our racks.

Anagrams

• cool, COOL, loco

Asturian

Etymology

From a contraction of the preposition con ‎(“with”) + neuter singular article lo ‎(“the”).

Contraction

colo n ‎(masculine col, feminine cola, masculine plural colos, feminine plural coles)

1. with the

Catalan

Verb

colo

1. first-person singular present indicative form of colar

Esperanto

Etymology

From German Zoll.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡solo/

Noun

colo ‎(accusative singular colon, plural coloj, accusative plural colojn)

1. inch

Related terms

• futo ‎(“foot”); 12 inches
• jardo ‎(“yard”); 3 feet or 36 inches
• mejlo ‎(“mile”); 1,760 yards or 63,360 inches

Italian

Verb

colo

1. first-person singular present indicative of colare

Anagrams

• loco, locò

Latin

Etymology 1

From earlier *quelō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- ‎(“to move; to turn (around)”). The same root also gave in-quil-īnus ‎(“inhabitant”) and anculus ‎(“servant”).

Cognates include Ancient Greek πέλω ‎(pélō), πόλος ‎(pólos), τέλλω ‎(téllō), τέλος ‎(télos), τῆλε ‎(têle), πάλαι ‎(pálai), κύκλος ‎(kúklos), Sanskrit चरति ‎(cárati), English wheel.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈko.loː/, [ˈkɔ.ɫoː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈko.lo/, [ˈkɔː.lo], [ˈkoː.lo]

Verb

colō ‎(present infinitive colere, perfect active coluī, supine cultum); third conjugation

1. I till, cultivate
2. I inhabit
3. I protect, nurture
4. (figuratively) I worship, honor
   • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Exodus.20.5

     Non adorabis ea, neque coles: ego sum Dominus Deus tuus fortis, zelotes, visitans iniquitatem patrum in filios, in tertiam et quartam generationem eorum qui oderunt me.

     Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me.

Inflection

Derived terms

Related terms

• anculus
• inquilīnus

Etymology 2

From cōlum ‎(“colander, strainer”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkoː.loː/

Verb

cōlō ‎(present infinitive cōlāre, perfect active cōlāvī, supine cōlātum); first conjugation

1. I filter, strain, purify

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

References

• colo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• colo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• COLO in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “colo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to keep up, foster a connection: amicitiam colere
    
  • to pay respect to, be courteous to a person: aliquem colere et observare (Att. 2. 19)
    
  • to be engaged in the pursuit of letters: litteras colere
    
  • to cultivate the mind: animum, ingenium excolere (not colere)
    
  • to preserve one's loyalty: fidem colere, servare
    
  • to do one's duty: officium suum facere, servare, colere, tueri, exsequi, praestare
    
  • to honour the gods with all due ceremonial (very devoutly): deum rite (summa religione) colere
    
  • to pay divine honours to some one: aliquem divino honere colere
    
  • to till the ground: agrum colere (Leg. Agr. 2. 25. 67)
    

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.lu/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.lo/

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese colo, from Latin collum ‎(“neck”).

Alternative forms

• collo (obsolete)

Noun

colo m (plural colos)

1. lap (upper legs of a seated person)
2. (anatomy) neck; collum (part of body connecting the head and the trunk)
3. (anatomy) neck (part of a bone that connects its head to its body)
4. (anatomy) cervix (necklike portion of any part)
5. gap (mountain or hill pass)
6. (botany) the channel of an archegonium

Synonyms

• (lap): regaço
• (gap): passo, portela, porto

Related terms

• colar

Etymology 2

From Latin cōlon ‎(“colon”), from Ancient Greek κῶλον ‎(kôlon, “limb”).

Noun

colo m (plural colos)

1. Alternative form of cólon

Etymology 3

Inflected form of colar ‎(“to glue; to adhere”).

Verb

colo

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of colar