colei
Dictionary entries
- Entry →coleus, colei:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Field:
- Science
leather sack (wine/liquid); liquid measure (20 amphorae/120 gallons);; testicles (usu.pl.) or scrotum; (rude);
gen. sg.loc. sg.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
Liber XII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...Veni!' LXXXIII Derisor Fabianus hirnearum, Omnes quem modo colei timebant Dicentem tumidas in hydrocelas, Quantum nec duo dicerent..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...geminis autem nascuntur bigae et boves et colei et qui utrosque parietes linunt. In cancro ego natus..."
