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colus

From LSJ

Ἓν οἶδα, ὅτι οὐδὲν οἶδα → I know only one thing, that I know nothing | all I know is that I know nothing.

Diogenes Laertius, Lives of the Philosophers, Book 2 sec. 32.

Latin > English

colus coli N C :: distaff; woman's concern; spinning; Fate's distaff w/threads of life; destiny
colus colus coli N M :: large intestine; colon; pain in large intestine, colic
colus colus colus N C :: distaff; woman's concern; spinning; Fate's distaff w/threads of life; destiny

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

cŏlus: (i and), ūs (cf. Prisc. pp. 654 and 719 P.; Rudd. 1, p. 166, n. 100), f. (m., Cat. 64, 311; Prop. 4, 1, 72; 4, 9, 48) root prob. kar-, to be bent or round; cf.: corona, curvus, collum,
I a distaff; sing. nom. colus, Tib. 2, 1, 63; Ov. M. 4, 229; Plin. 8, 48, 74, § 194; Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 594; gen. colus, Val. Fl. 2, 148; acc. colum, * Cat. 64, 312; Ov. H. 9, 116; abl. colo, Tib. 1, 3, 86; Prop. 4 (5), 1, 72; Verg. A. 8, 409 (quoted by Prisc. p. 719 P.); Ov. Am. 2, 6, 46; id. A. A. 1, 702; App. de Mundo, p. 755: colu, Opimius ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 68, 277; Stat. Th. 6, 380 (quoted by Prisc. p. 719); Plin. 8, 48, 74, § 194; 21, 15, 53, § 90; and varying between colo and colu, Prop. 4 (5), 9, 48 (Kuin., Lachm., and Jacob., colu); plur. nom. colus, Stat. Th. 3, 242; 9, 839; acc. colos, Ov. F. 3, 818; Mart. 7, 47; 9, 18; Stat. S. 1, 4, 64; 3, 1, 172 (Bip. colus); id. Th. 5, 150; id. Achill. 1, 582; 1, 635; Claud. ap. Eutr. 2, 389; id. Idyll. 49, 87; Sen. Herc. Fur. 559; id. Herc. Oet. 668: colus, Val. Fl. 6, 445; 6, 645; Stat. Th. 10, 649 (varying, Juv. 14, 249; Ruperti, colus).—As an attribute of the Parcae, Ov. Am. 2, 6, 46; Stat. Th. 3, 242; 6, 380; Sen. Herc. Fur. 559.—*
II Meton. for the thread spun, Sen. Herc. Oet. 668.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

(1) cōlus, ī, m., Samm. 579, colique, v. colon.
(2) cŏlŭs,¹¹ ūs, f., Cic. de Or. 2, 227 ; Val. Flacc. 2, 148 et cŏlus, ī, f., Prisc. Gramm. 5, 33 ; Virg. En. 8, 409, quenouille || quenouille des Parques : Ov. Am. 2, 6, 45 || [fig.] les fils [de la vie] : Val. Flacc. 6, 645. m. Catul. 64, 311 ; Prop. 4, 1, 72 ; 4, 9, 48.

Latin > German (Georges)

(1) colus1, ūs, f., zu κλώθω, ich spinne (auch heterokl. colus, colī, f., bes. im Abl. Sing. colo u. im Akk. Plur. colos; s. Charis. 21, 19. Prisc. 5, 33 u. 6, 85. Serv. Verg. Aen. 8, 409. Vgl. Neue-Wagener Formenl.3 1, 771 u. Georges, Lexik. d. lat. Wortf. S. 149), I) der Rocken, Spinnrocken, colus et fusus, Plin.: et colus et fusus, Ov.: colus et lana, Cic.: c. lanā amictus, Catull.: c. gravis lanā, Ov.: c. plena, Tibull.: c. vacuus, Ov.: muliebris coli forma, quo nentur lintea stamina, Amm.: purpuras colo nere, Iustin.: colo vitam tolerare, Verg.: colus vacuare, Sidon. poët.: als Attribut der Parzen, die den Lebensfaden abspinnen, Ov. am. 2, 6, 46. Fronto de nep. am. 2. p. 233, 8 N. Stat. Theb. 3, 224. – II) meton., der Faden Wolle, coli, quas indoctae nevere manus, Sen. Herc. Oet. 672: vom Lebensfaden, rumpere supremas colus, Val. Flacc. 6, 645. – / masc., Catull. 64, 311. Prop. 4, 1, 72 u. 4, 9, 48. Ov. am. 2, 6, 46. Amm. 23, 4, 14 (aber Tibull. 1, 3, 86 f.).
(2) cōlus2, ī, m., s. colon.
(3) cōlus3, s. collum.

Latin > Chinese

colus, i vel us. f. :: 撚線竿紡線架