Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈko.lus/, [ˈkɔ.ɫʊs]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈko.lus/, [ˈkoː.lus]

Noun

colus m ‎(genitive colī); second declension or colus m ‎(genitive colūs); fourth declension

1. distaff
2. spinning, spun thread

Inflection

Second declension.

or Fourth declension.

Etymology 2

Alternative form of cōlon ‎(“the colon”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkoː.lus/

Noun

cōlus m ‎(genitive cōlī); second declension

1. Alternative form of cōlon

Inflection

Second declension.

References

• colus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• colus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• COLUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “colus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• colus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• colus in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin