"coleus" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: [ˈkoː.ɫe.ʊs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈkɔː.le.us] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Most likely from colare (“to strain”). Akin to cūleus, culleus (“sack”); also to caulis, cōlis (“stalk”); and cōlum (“sieve”). Head templates: {{la-noun|cōleus<2>}} cōleus m (genitive cōleī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|cōleus<2>}} Forms: cōleus [canonical, masculine], cōleī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], cōleus [nominative, singular], cōleī [nominative, plural], cōleī [genitive, singular], cōleōrum [genitive, plural], cōleō [dative, singular], cōleīs [dative, plural], cōleum [accusative, singular], cōleōs [accusative, plural], cōleō [ablative, singular], cōleīs [ablative, plural], cōlee [singular, vocative], cōleī [plural, vocative]
  1. (vulgar, in the plural) sack (scrotum or testicles) Tags: declension-2, in-plural, vulgar
    Sense id: en-coleus-la-noun-tA0PyhIt Categories (other): Genitalia, Anatomy Disambiguation of Anatomy: 86 14
  2. (figurative) courage Tags: declension-2, figuratively
    Sense id: en-coleus-la-noun-RJKqvXM~ Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the second declension, Latin swear words Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 36 64 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 36 64 Disambiguation of Latin swear words: 30 70
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cōleātus, cōleō, *cōleum [neuter], *cōleūtus
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  "derived": [
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "cōleātus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "*cōleum"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "*cōleūtus"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
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          "lang": "Asturian",
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        }
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      "lang_code": "unknown"
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      "form": "cōleus",
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        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "cōleī",
      "links": [
        [
          "cōleī",
          "colei"
        ]
      ],
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        "genitive"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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      ]
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    {
      "form": "cōleus",
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        [
          "cōleus",
          "coleus#Latin"
        ]
      ],
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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          "cōleī",
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        ]
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
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          "cōleī",
          "colei#Latin"
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
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          "cōleōrum",
          "coleorum#Latin"
        ]
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      "form": "cōleō",
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          "cōleō",
          "coleo#Latin"
        ]
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      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
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          "cōleīs",
          "coleis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cōleum",
      "links": [
        [
          "cōleum",
          "coleum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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        [
          "cōleōs",
          "coleos#Latin"
        ]
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
      ]
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          "coleo#Latin"
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        "ablative",
        "singular"
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      "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": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Genitalia",
          "orig": "la:Genitalia",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "86 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Anatomy",
          "orig": "la:Anatomy",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sack (scrotum or testicles)"
      ],
      "id": "en-coleus-la-noun-tA0PyhIt",
      "links": [
        [
          "sack",
          "sack"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(vulgar, in the plural) sack (scrotum or testicles)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "in-plural",
        "vulgar"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "36 64",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 64",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "30 70",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin swear words",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "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"
      ],
      "id": "en-coleus-la-noun-RJKqvXM~",
      "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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    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin masculine nouns",
    "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin second declension nouns",
    "Latin swear words",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "la:Anatomy"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "cōleātus"
    },
    {
      "word": "cōleō"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "*cōleum"
    },
    {
      "word": "*cōleūtus"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
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          "lang": "Asturian",
          "lang_code": "ast",
          "word": "coyu"
        }
      ],
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      "lang_code": "unknown"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Most likely from colare (“to strain”). Akin to cūleus, culleus (“sack”); also to caulis, cōlis (“stalk”); and cōlum (“sieve”).",
  "forms": [
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      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cōleī",
      "links": [
        [
          "cōleī",
          "colei"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cōleus",
      "links": [
        [
          "cōleus",
          "coleus#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cōleī",
      "links": [
        [
          "cōleī",
          "colei#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cōleī",
      "links": [
        [
          "cōleī",
          "colei#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cōleōrum",
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        [
          "cōleōrum",
          "coleorum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cōleō",
      "links": [
        [
          "cōleō",
          "coleo#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cōleīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "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": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "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>"
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      "name": "la-ndecl"
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  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin vulgarities",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sack (scrotum or testicles)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
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          "sack"
        ]
      ],
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      ],
      "tags": [
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        "in-plural",
        "vulgar"
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    },
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      "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"
      ],
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          "courage",
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        "(figurative) courage"
      ],
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        "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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