adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
colūrus1
colūrus (feminine colūra, neuter colūrum)
Classical[kɔˈɫuː.rʊs]Ecclesiastical[koˈluː.rus]
Meaning
- adjectivetruncated, too short, mutilated, maimed, mangled
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | colūrus | colūra | colūrum |
| genitive | colūrī | colūrae | colūrī |
| dative | colūrō | colūrae | colūrō |
| accusative | colūrum | colūram | colūrum |
| ablative | colūrō | colūrā | colūrō |
| vocative | colūre | colūra | colūrum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | colūrī | colūrae | colūra |
| genitive | colūrōrum | colūrārum | colūrōrum |
| dative | colūrīs | colūrīs | colūrīs |
| accusative | colūrōs | colūrās | colūra |
| ablative | colūrīs | colūrīs | colūrīs |
| vocative | colūrī | colūrae | colūra |
cŏlūrus, a, um, adj., = κόλουρος,
I. mutilated; hence,
I. In astron.: coluri circuli, = κόλουροι, the colures, two circles passing through the equinoctial and solstitial points, and cutting each other at right angles at the poles, Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 15. —
II. In metre: metrum, a syllable too short, Plotius, Metr. p. 2649 P.
Origins
From Ancient Greek κόλουρος (kólouros, “dock-tailed, truncated”).
In English words that came into English from colūrus
- colurecolūrus