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colpus

English

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Etymology

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From Late Latin colpus (“hollow space, pocket”), from Ancient Greek κόλπος (kólpos, “hollow space, pocket”).

Noun

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colpus (plural colpi)

  1. (botany, palynology) A groove sometimes occurring on grains of pollen

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Latin

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Etymology 1

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    Borrowed from Ancient Greek κόλπος (kólpos).

    Noun

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    colpus m (genitive colpī); second declension (Late Latin)

    1. hollow space, pocket
    2. (by extension) the hollow between waves
    3. (geography) gulf, bay, creek
    Declension
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    Second-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative colpus colpī
    genitive colpī colpōrum
    dative colpō colpīs
    accusative colpum colpōs
    ablative colpō colpīs
    vocative colpe colpī
    Descendants
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    Through Vulgar Latin *colphus, *colfus, *culfus:

    Etymology 2

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    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Noun

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    colpus m (genitive colpī); second declension (Late Latin)

    1. alternative form of colaphus (found in the Lex Salica)[1]
    Declension
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    Second-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative colpus colpī
    genitive colpī colpōrum
    dative colpō colpīs
    accusative colpum colpōs
    ablative colpō colpīs
    vocative colpe colpī
    Descendants
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    References

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    1. ^ https://la.wikisource.org/wiki/Pagina%3ALex_Salica_(1906).pdf/28
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