colus

Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷélus, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“turn”).

Pronunciation

Noun

colus f (variously declined, genitive colī or colūs); second declension, fourth declension

  1. distaff
  2. spinning, spun thread
Declension

Second declension. or Fourth declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative colus colī
colūs
Genitive colī
colūs		 colōrum
coluum
Dative colō
coluī		 colīs
colibus
Accusative colum colōs
colūs
Ablative colō
colū		 colīs
colibus
Vocative cole
colus		 colī
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
Declension

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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