colpus
English
Etymology
From Late Latin colpus (“hollow space, pocket”), from Ancient Greek κόλπος (kólpos, “hollow space, pocket”).
Noun
colpus (plural colpi)
- (botany, palynology) A groove sometimes occurring on grains of pollen
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
- colpate
- colporate
- colporus
- colpus transversalis
- ectocolpus
- pseudocolpus
Related terms
Latin
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Ancient Greek κόλπος (kólpos).
Noun
colpus m (genitive colpī); second declension (Late Latin)
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | colpus | colpī |
| genitive | colpī | colpōrum |
| dative | colpō | colpīs |
| accusative | colpum | colpōs |
| ablative | colpō | colpīs |
| vocative | colpe | colpī |
Descendants
Through Vulgar Latin *colphus, *colfus, *culfus:
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
colpus m (genitive colpī); second declension (Late Latin)
- alternative form of colaphus (found in the Lex Salica)[1]
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | colpus | colpī |
| genitive | colpī | colpōrum |
| dative | colpō | colpīs |
| accusative | colpum | colpōs |
| ablative | colpō | colpīs |
| vocative | colpe | colpī |