colpus
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Late Latin colpus (“stroke; strike; hit”), from earlier Latin colaphus. Doublet of coup.
Noun[edit]
colpus (plural colpi)
- (botany, palynology) A groove sometimes occurring on grains of pollen
Coordinate terms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Latin[edit]
Noun[edit]
colpus m (genitive colpī); second declension (Late Latin)
- Alternative form of colaphus (found in the Lex Salica)[1]
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | colpus | colpī |
Genitive | colpī | colpōrum |
Dative | colpō | colpīs |
Accusative | colpum | colpōs |
Ablative | colpō | colpīs |
Vocative | colpe | colpī |
Descendants[edit]
- see: colaphus
References[edit]
Categories:
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kelh₂-
- English terms derived from Late Latin
- English terms derived from Latin
- English doublets
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English nouns with irregular plurals
- en:Botany
- en:Palynology
- Latin lemmas
- Latin nouns
- Latin second declension nouns
- Latin masculine nouns in the second declension
- Latin masculine nouns
- Late Latin