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coleus.

leather sack (wine/liquid); liquid measure (20 amphorae/120 gallons); testicles (usu.pl.) or scrotum; (rude);

6 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈkoː.ɫe.ʊs]Classical-Latin[ˈkɔː.le.us]
  1. sack (scrotum or testicles)

    declension-2 · in-plural · vulgar
  2. courage

    declension-2 · figuratively
Where this word comes from

Most likely from colare (“to strain”). Akin to cūleus, culleus (“sack”); also to caulis, cōlis (“stalk”); and cōlum (“sieve”).

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