culeus

== English == === Etymology === From Latin culeus (“large leather sack, punishment of drowning within a sack, unit of bulk liquid measure”), from Ancient Greek κολεός (koleós, “sheath”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover”). Doublet of cullion and cojones. === Noun === culeus (plural culeuses or culei) (historical) A Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of 1600 Roman pounds of wine and equivalent to about 520 L although differing slightly over time. (historical, law) A Roman punishment—chiefly for parricide—involving blindfolding, beating, confinement to a leather sack, and drowning in a river or sea. ==== Coordinate terms ==== (unit of liquid volume): lingula (1/46,080 culeus), cyathus (1/11,520 culeus), acetabulum (1/7680 culeus), quartarius (1/3840 culeus), hemina (1/1920 culeus), sextarius (1/960 culeus), congius (1/160 culeus), urna (1/40 culeus), amphora (1/20 culeus) == Latin == === Alternative forms === culleus === Etymology === From Ancient Greek κολεός (koleós, “sheath”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover”). === Noun === cūleus m (genitive cūleī); second declension sack, bag, especially a large leather sack used for bulk transport (historical, law) culeus, the sack, a punishment for parricides involving confinement to a sack and drowning (historical) culeus, Roman sack, a Roman unit of liquid measure equivalent to about 520 L, chiefly used for vinyard production and wine trading ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Coordinate terms ==== (unit of volume): lingula (1/46,080 culeus), cyathus (1/11,520 culeus), acetabulum (1/7680 culeus), quartarius (1/3840 culeus), hemina (1/1920 culeus), sextarius (1/960 culeus), congius (1/160 culeus), urna (1/40 culeus), amphora (1/20 culeus) ==== Derived terms ==== cōleus === References === “culeus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “culeus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “culeus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.