English edit

Etymology edit

From Late Latin colpus (stroke; strike; hit), from earlier Latin colaphus. Doublet of coup.

Noun edit

colpus (plural colpi)

  1. (botany, palynology) A groove sometimes occurring on grains of pollen

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Latin edit

Etymology edit

Attested c. 500 CE, in the Lex Salica.

Noun edit

colpus m (genitive colpī); second declension (Late Latin)

  1. Alternative form of colaphus (a blow with the fist)

Declension edit

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative colpus colpī
Genitive colpī colpōrum
Dative colpō colpīs
Accusative colpum colpōs
Ablative colpō colpīs
Vocative colpe colpī