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cōlon or cōlum , i, n. (cōlus , i, m., Ser. Samm. 31, 1), = κῶλον (a member).
I. The colon or great gut (the largest of the intestines), Plin. 11, 37, 79, § 202.—Esp., as the part affected by the colic: “coli tormentum,” Plin. 22, 22, 37, § 79: “coli dolor,” Scrib. Comp. 122.—Hence,
B. A disease of the colon, the colic, Plin. 20, 15, 57, § 162; 31, 9, 45, § 102; Scrib. Comp. l. l.; Ser. Samm. l. l.—
II. Transf., a member of a verse (pure Lat. membrum), * Quint. 9, 4, 78; of a poem, Aug. ap. Don. Vit. Verg. c. 12.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 22.79
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 9, 4.78
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