Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /bi.o.koːˈlyː.ta/, [bi.ɔ.koːˈlyː.ta]

Noun

biocōlȳta m ‎(genitive biocōlȳtae); first declension

1. (New Latin) police officer, one who protects against violence
   • Ephemeris (Lydia Ariminensis), Magnae Caedes Lutetiae Perpetrata Terrorem Fudit 17/11/2015

     ...centum autem obsides manserunt usque ad adventum biocolytarum

     ...however, one hundred hostages remained until the police arrived

Declension

First declension.

References

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