colusとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈko.lus/, [ˈkɔɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈko.lus/, [ˈkɔːlus]

名詞

colus f (variously declined, genitive colī または colūs); second declension, fourth declension

1. distaff: a tool used in spinning fiber, such as wool
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 3.817-818:

     Pallade plācāta lānam mollīre puellae
     discant et plēnās exonerāre colōs.

     Once Pallas's favor has been won: Let the girls learn [how] to soften wool,
     and [how] to unload their full distaffs.
     (‘‘Pallas’’ was an epithet for the patron of handicraft, the Greek goddess Athena, syncretized with the Roman goddess Minerva. See distaff かつ spinning.)