coleos
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);
acc. pl.nom. 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..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...unde acceperit denarios mille aureos. Sed si nos coleos haberemus, non tantum sibi placeret. Nunc populus est domi..."
