coleus
See also: Coleus
English edit
Etymology edit
From the genus name translingual Coleus, from Latin coleus, from Ancient Greek κολεός (koleós, “sheath”) in reference to the manner in which the stamens are united.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
coleus (plural coleuses)
- Any of certain plants in the mint family, many used as ornamentals for their colorful, variegated leaves, sometime included in genus Plectranthus (spurflowers), sometimes in their own genus Coleus,
- especially, Plectranthus scutellarioides, also known as Coleus scutellarioides and Coleus blumei.
Translations edit
plant with bright-colored or variegated leaves
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References edit
- “coleus”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- Coleus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Coleus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Coleus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Coleus at Plants of the World Online
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Uncertain. Possibly akin to cūleus, culleus (“sack”); caulis, cōlis (“stalk”); or cōlum (“sieve”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkoː.le.us/, [ˈkoːɫ̪eʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈko.le.us/, [ˈkɔːleus]
Noun edit
cōleus m (genitive cōleī); second declension
- (vulgar, in the plural) sack (scrotum or testicles)
- (figurative) courage
Declension edit
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | cōleus | cōleī |
Genitive | cōleī | cōleōrum |
Dative | cōleō | cōleīs |
Accusative | cōleum | cōleōs |
Ablative | cōleō | cōleīs |
Vocative | cōlee | cōleī |
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “culleus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- coleus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “cōleī”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 124