coleo
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);
abl. sg.dat. sg.
Examples
Liber IX
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...tibi lusit opus. 10 XXVII Cum depilatos, Chreste, coleos portes et vulturino mentulam parem collo et prostitutis levius..."- G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...unde acceperit denarios mille aureos. Sed si nos coleos haberemus, non tantum sibi placeret. Nunc populus est domi..."
