Translingual

Proper noun

Coleus m

1. (archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Lamiaceae – now in genera Plectranthus and Solenostemon.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids I - clades; Lamiales - order; Lamiaceae - family; Nepetoideae - subfamily; Ocimeae - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Coleus amboinicus ⇒ Plectranthus amboinicus, Coleus barbatus ⇒ Plectranthus barbatus, Coleus blumei ⇒ Solenostemon scutellarioides, Coleus caninus ⇒ Plectranthus caninus, Coleus edulis ⇒ Plectranthus edulis, Coleus esculentus ⇒ Plectranthus esculentus, Coleus forskohlii ⇒ Plectranthus barbatus, Coleus rotundifolius ⇒ Plectranthus rotundifolius, Coleus scutellarioides ⇒ Solenostemon scutellarioides - species

English

Hybrid coleus

Noun

coleus ‎(plural coleuses)

1. A plant of several species of the mint family, cultivated for its bright-colored or variegated leaves.

Translations

Latin

Alternative forms

• cūleus
• culleus
• culiō/*cōleō (Vulgar Latin)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κολεός ‎(koleós, “a sheath”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkoː.le.us/, [ˈkoː.ɫe.ʊs]

Noun

cōleus m ‎(genitive cōleī); second declension

1. sack (bag for liquids or grains)
2. (in the plural, vulgar) scrotum, testicles

Inflection

Second declension.

Descendants

References

• coleus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “coleus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.