collum
See also: Collum
English
Noun
collum (plural colla)
- (anatomy) A neck or cervix.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Dunglison to this entry?)
- (botany) A collar.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Gray to this entry?)
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for collum in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *kʷolso- (“neck”, literally “that on which the head turns”), from *kʷel- (“to turn”). See also Old English heals (“neck, prow of a ship”) (whence English halse (“neck, throat”)), Middle Dutch and Old Norse hals (“neck”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkol.lum/, [ˈkɔl.lũ]
Noun
collum n (genitive collī); second declension
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | collum | colla |
| Genitive | collī | collōrum |
| Dative | collō | collīs |
| Accusative | collum | colla |
| Ablative | collō | collīs |
| Vocative | collum | colla |
Synonyms
Descendants
References
- collum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- collum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- collum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- collum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- the town stands on rising ground: oppidum colli impositum est
- the town stands on rising ground: oppidum colli impositum est
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