coleus

See also: Coleus

English

Hybrid coleus

Etymology

From the former genus name Coleus, from Ancient Greek κολεός (koleós, “a sheath”), referring to the manner in which the stamens are united.

Noun

coleus (plural coleuses)

1. A plant in the mint family, Plectranthus scutellarioides (formerly known as Coleus blumei and Solenostemon scutellarioides), cultivated for its bright-colored or variegated leaves.
2. Any other plant formerly classified in the genus Coleus, which is now considered to be a synonym of Plectranthus

Translations

plant with bright-colored or variegated leaves

• Bulgarian: копривка (koprivka)
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• Finnish: värinokkonen (fi)

Anagrams

• Clouse, Coules, coulés, oscule

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Latin

Alternative forms

• cūleus
• culleus
• culiō/*cōleō (Vulgar Latin)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κολεός (koleós, “a sheath”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkoː.le.us/, [ˈkoːɫ̪eʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈko.le.us/, [ˈkɔːleus]

Noun

cōleus m (genitive cōleī); second declension

1. sack (bag for liquids or grains)
2. (in the plural, vulgar) scrotum, testicles

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cōleus	cōleī
Genitive	cōleī	cōleōrum
Dative	cōleō	cōleīs
Accusative	cōleum	cōleōs
Ablative	cōleō	cōleīs
Vocative	cōlee	cōleī

Descendants

• Vulgar Latin: *cōleō
  • Aromanian: colj, coljiu
  • Old Occitan: coil
    • Occitan: colh
  • Romanian: coi
  • ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *cōlea f
    • Aromanian: coalji pl
    • Corsican: cuglia
    • Italian: coglia
    • Old French: coille, coil m
      • Middle French: couille
        • French: couille
      • Walloon: coye
      • → Middle Dutch: cul
        • Dutch: kul
    • Old Occitan:
      • Occitan: colha
    • Romanian: coaie pl
    • Sicilian: cogghia
  • ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *cōleōnem (accusative singular)
    • Friulian: coion
    • Italian: coglione
    • Old French: coillon
      • Middle French: couillon
        • French: couillon
        • → Alemannic German: Gajung
        • → German: Kujon (see there for further descendants)
      • → Middle English: coilon
        • English: cullion
    • Old Occitan:
      • Catalan: colló
      • Occitan: colhon
    • Old Galician-Portuguese:
      • Galician: collón
      • Portuguese: colhão
    • Old Spanish:
      • Spanish: cojón
        • → English: cojones (from the plural)
    • Sardinian: calloni
    • Sicilian: cugghiuni, cugliuni
    • Venetian: cojon
  • ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *coleūtus
    • Old Occitan:
      • Catalan: collut
      • Occitan: colhut
    • Old Galician-Portuguese:
      • Galician: colludo
      • Portuguese: colhudo
    • Old Spanish:
      • Spanish: cojudo
    • Sardinian: cozudu
• → Breton: kell
• → Cornish: kell
• → Welsh: caill

References

• “coleus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• coleus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.