Italian

Pronoun

colui m ‎(feminine colei, plural coloro, demonstrative)

1. (literary, used to indicate a person far from both the speaker and the listener) he, him; that man
   • 1998, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e la pietra filosofale, page 85:

     Dopo tutto, Colui-Che-Non-Deve-Essere-Nominato ha fatto grandi cose...terribili, è vero, ma grandi.

     After all, He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named did great things...terrible, yes, but great.

2. (literary, archaic, belonging to a person far from both the speaker and the listener) his

Related terms

• costui
• lui

Usage notes

• Almost always followed by a relative pronoun.
• When used alone, the pronouns colui, colei, and coloro are often pejorative.

Anagrams

• Lucio

Latin

Verb

coluī

1. first-person singular perfect active indicative of colō