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|lshtext=<b>cōlon</b>: or cōlum, i, n. (cōlus, i, m., Ser. Samm. 31, 1), = [[κῶλον]]> (a [[member]]).<br /><b>I</b> The [[colon]] or [[great]] [[gut]] (the largest of the [[intestines]]), Plin. 11, 37, 79, § 202.—Esp., as the [[part]] [[affected]] by the colic: coli [[tormentum]], Plin. 22, 22, 37, § 79: coli [[dolor]], Scrib. Comp. 122.—Hence,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> A [[disease]] of the [[colon]], the colic, Plin. 20, 15, 57, § 162; 31, 9, 45, § 102; Scrib. Comp. l. l.; Ser. Samm. l. l.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., a [[member]] of a [[verse]] ([[pure]] Lat. [[membrum]]), * Quint. 9, 4, 78; of a [[poem]], Aug. ap. [[Don]]. Vit. Verg. c. 12.
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