Latin

Noun

cūlus m ‎(genitive cūlī); second declension

1. (vulgar) (anatomy) The anus, arse; the posterior, buttocks
   • c. 84 BCE – 54 BCE, Catullus, Carmina 97, (translation adapted by H.J.Walker, which can be viewed here)

     Non (ita me di ament) quicquam referre putaui,
     utrumne os an culum olfacerem Aemilio.

     I swear by the gods I didn't think it mattered one straw,
     whether I sniffed Aemilius's head or his arse.

Inflection

Second declension.

Synonyms

• anus
• clunis
• podex
• pyga

Derived terms

• cūlo
• cūlōsus

Descendants

References

• culus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• culus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• CULUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “culus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Somali

Adjective

culus

1. heavy