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

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Latin

Noun

colpus m (genitive colpī); second declension (Late Latin)

  1. Alternative form of colaphus (found in the Lex Salica)[1]

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

Descendants

References
  1. https://la.wikisource.org/wiki/Pagina%3ALex_Salica_(1906).pdf/28
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