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See also: -culus

Latin

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Etymology

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    From Proto-Italic *kūlos, from Proto-Indo-European *kuH-l-, zero-grade form of *(s)kewH- (to cover) without s-mobile.

    Cognates include Old Irish cúl (bottom), Lithuanian kẽvalas (skin, cover). Related to cutis (hide).

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    cūlus m (genitive cūlī); second declension

    1. (vulgar, anatomy) The posterior, arse, ass, buttocks
      • c. 84 BCE – 54 BCE, Catullus, Carmina 97, (translation adapted by H.J.Walker, which can be viewed here):
        Non (ita me di ament) quicquam referre putaui,
        utrumne os an culum olfacerem Aemilio.
        I swear by the gods, I didn't think it mattered one straw,
        whether I sniffed Aemilius's head or his arse.
    2. (vulgar, anatomy) The anus

    Declension

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    Second-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative cūlus cūlī
    genitive cūlī cūlōrum
    dative cūlō cūlīs
    accusative cūlum cūlōs
    ablative cūlō cūlīs
    vocative cūle cūlī

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    Descendants

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    References

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    • culus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • culus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • culus 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)
    • culus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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    Adjective

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    culus

    1. heavy