colpus

English

Etymology

From Late Latin colpus (“stroke; strike; hit”), from earlier Latin colaphus. Doublet of coup.

Noun

colpus (plural colpi)

1. (botany, palynology) A groove sometimes occurring on grains of pollen

Coordinate terms

• porus

Derived terms

• colpate
• colporus
• colpus transversalis
• ectocolpus
• pseudocolpus

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Latin

Etymology

Vulgar Latin variant of Classical colaphus.

Noun

colpus m (genitive colpī); second declension

1. (Vulgar Latin) stroke; strike; hit

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	colpus	colpī
Genitive	colpī	colpōrum
Dative	colpō	colpīs
Accusative	colpum	colpōs
Ablative	colpō	colpīs
Vocative	colpe	colpī