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cullĕus (cūl- , and in the signif. II. B., cōl- ), i (
I.nom. plur. cullea, neutr., Cato ap. Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 7; Non. p. 197; gen. plur. culleūm, Cato, R. R. 11, 1), m., = κολεός, Ion. κουλεός (a sheath; hence), a leather bag, a sack for holding liquids.
I. Prop.: “Te ipsam culleo ego cras faciam ut deportere in pergulam,” Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 78; Nep. Eum. 8, 7; Plin. 7, 20, 19, § 82.—Parricides were sewed up in bags and drowned, Cic. Rosc. Am. 25, 70; id. Inv. 2, 50, 149; Sen. Clem. 1, 15; Dig. 48, 9, 9; Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 5; Quint. 7, 8, 6; Suet. Aug. 33; Juv. 8, 214.— Comp.: culleus ligneus, of a ship without rigging, Sen. Contr. 3 (7), 15, 9.—
II. Transf.
A. A large measure for liquids, holding 20 amphorae, Cato, R. R. 148, 1; Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 7.—
B. The scrotum, Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 4; Mart. 12, 84; Auct. Priap. 13, 8; “hence, coleos habere, i. q. virum esse,” Petr. 44, 14.
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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