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English
Etymology
From Latin culeus (“large leather sack, punishment of drowning within a sack, unit of bulk liquid measure”), from Ancient Greek κολεός (koleós, “sheath”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover”). Doublet of cullion and cojones.
Noun
culeus (plural culeuses or culei)
- (historical) A Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of 1600 Roman pounds of wine and equivalent to about 520 L although differing slightly over time.
- (historical, law) A Roman punishment—chiefly for parricide—involving blindfolding, beating, confinement to a leather sack, and drowning in a river or sea.
Coordinate terms
- (unit of liquid volume): lingula (1/46,080 culeus), cyathus (1/11,520 culeus), acetabulum (1/7680 culeus), quartarius (1/3840 culeus), hemina (1/1920 culeus), sextarius (1/960 culeus), congius (1/160 culeus), urna (1/40 culeus), amphora (1/20 culeus)
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κολεός (koleós, “sheath”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover”).
Noun
cūleus m (genitive cūleī); second declension
- sack, bag, especially a large leather sack used for bulk transport
- (historical, law) culeus, the sack, a punishment for parricides involving confinement to a sack and drowning
- (historical) culeus, Roman sack, a Roman unit of liquid measure equivalent to about 520 L, chiefly used for vinyard production and wine trading
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Coordinate terms
- (unit of volume): lingula (1/46,080 culeus), cyathus (1/11,520 culeus), acetabulum (1/7680 culeus), quartarius (1/3840 culeus), hemina (1/1920 culeus), sextarius (1/960 culeus), congius (1/160 culeus), urna (1/40 culeus), amphora (1/20 culeus)
Derived terms
References
- “culeus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “culeus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- culeus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.