colyphia

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Latin

Alternative forms

cōlīphia

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κωλύφια (kōlúphia) (not in dictionaries), from κωλήν (kōlḗn, “loin”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /koːˈlyː.pʰi.a/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /koˈli.fi.a/,

Noun

cōlȳphia n pl (genitive cōlȳphiōrum); second declension

choice pieces of meat cut from the loin

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.

	plural
nominative	cōlȳphia
genitive	cōlȳphiōrum
dative	cōlȳphiīs
accusative	cōlȳphia
ablative	cōlȳphiīs
vocative	cōlȳphia

References

“colyphia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“colyphia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

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