colum
See also: Colum
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkoː.lum/, [ˈkoːɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈko.lum/, [ˈkɔːlum]
Etymology 1
Perhaps related to quālus/quālum (“wicker basket”). No widely agreeable etymology has been suggested for either word, but confer Sanskrit चालन (cālana, “sieve, strainer”).
Noun
cōlum n (genitive cōlī); second declension
- colander, strainer
- (poetic) a wicker basket for catching fish
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | cōlum | cōla |
| Genitive | cōlī | cōlōrum |
| Dative | cōlō | cōlīs |
| Accusative | cōlum | cōla |
| Ablative | cōlō | cōlīs |
| Vocative | cōlum | cōla |
Derived terms
- cōlō
Etymology 2
Variant form of cōlon, from κῶλον (kôlon).
Noun
cōlum n (genitive cōlī); second declension
- Alternative form of cōlon
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | cōlum | cōla |
| Genitive | cōlī | cōlōrum |
| Dative | cōlō | cōlīs |
| Accusative | cōlum | cōla |
| Ablative | cōlō | cōlīs |
| Vocative | cōlum | cōla |
References
- “colum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “colum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- colum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- colum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- 6 per cent: usurae semissium (Colum.)
- 6 per cent: usurae semissium (Colum.)
- “colum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “colum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin