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..."- G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...geminis autem nascuntur bigae et boves et colei et qui utrosque parietes linunt. In cancro ego natus..."
