See coleus on Wiktionary
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[
"cōleīs",
"coleis#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "cōleum",
"links": [
[
"cōleum",
"coleum#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "cōleōs",
"links": [
[
"cōleōs",
"coleos#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "cōleō",
"links": [
[
"cōleō",
"coleo#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "cōleīs",
"links": [
[
"cōleīs",
"coleis#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "cōlee",
"links": [
[
"cōlee",
"colee#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "cōleī",
"links": [
[
"cōleī",
"colei#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "cōleus<2>"
},
"expansion": "cōleus m (genitive cōleī); second declension",
"name": "la-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "cōleus<2>"
},
"name": "la-ndecl"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Latin vulgarities",
"la:Genitalia"
],
"glosses": [
"sack (scrotum or testicles)"
],
"links": [
[
"sack",
"sack"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(vulgar, in the plural) sack (scrotum or testicles)"
],
"tags": [
"declension-2",
"in-plural",
"vulgar"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Latin terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "But if we had the balls, he'd not be so pleased with himself!",
"ref": "c. 27 CE – 66 CE, Petronius, Satyricon 44.14",
"text": "Sed si nos coleos haberemus, non tantum sibi placeret.",
"translation": "But if we had the balls, he'd not be so pleased with himself!",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"courage"
],
"links": [
[
"courage",
"courage"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figurative) courage"
],
"tags": [
"declension-2",
"figuratively"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ˈkoː.ɫe.ʊs]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈkɔː.le.us]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "coleus"
}
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