colo

See also: Colo, coló, colò, colo-, -colo, Colo., coło, and čoło

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkəʊləʊ/
• Rhymes: -əʊləʊ

Noun

colo (uncountable)

1. (computing) co-location

   The previous wall outlet tests at their colo facility ran for 6 days straight without issue.

   One was a mistake in the colo, where there was a mislabeled circuit, so they cut power to 1/3 of one of our racks.

See also

• colo-colo

Anagrams

• COOL, Cool, cool, loco

Asturian

Etymology

From a contraction of the preposition con (“with”) + neuter singular article lo (“the”).

Contraction

colo n (masculine col, feminine cola, masculine plural colos, feminine plural coles)

1. with the

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈkɔ.lu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈkɔ.lo]

Verb

colo

1. first-person singular present indicative of colar

Esperanto

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colo

Wikipedia ^eo

Etymology

From German Zoll. Compare Polish cal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡solo/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -olo
• Hyphenation: co‧lo

Noun

colo (accusative singular colon, plural coloj, accusative plural colojn)

1. inch (one twelfth of a foot, or exactly 2.54 centimeters)

   La vivo estas ludo de coloj.

   Life is a game of inches.

Coordinate terms

• futo (“foot; 12 inches”)
• jardo (“yard; 3 feet or 36 inches”)
• mejlo (“mile”)

French

Etymology

Clipping of colonie (see colonie de vacances).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.lo/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

  (file)

Noun

colo f (plural colos)

1. (informal) camp

Further reading

• “colo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese colo, from Latin collum (“neck”). Compare Portuguese colo and Spanish cuello.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔlo̝/

Noun

colo m (plural colos)

1. (anatomy) neck; collum (part of body connecting the head and the trunk)
2. (anatomy) neck (part of a bone that connects its head to its body)
3. (anatomy) cervix (necklike portion of any part)
4. lap (upper legs of a seated person)

   Synonyms: abada, bada, abán, seo, regazo

5. torso, shoulders and arms of a standing person
   • c. 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F, page 690:

     Et por esta razõ sempre andou en andas et en colo dos omes ata que morreu.

     And for this reason he always went in stretchers and in the arms of men until he died

   • 1439, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI. 2 vols. Vigo: Galaxia, page 419:

     Sisa das olas: Iten, ordenaron que qual quer persona que trouxer carga d'olas de fora parte a vender aa dita çidade, que page de cada carga d'olas, duas brancas e de un costal d'olas, hua branca, e do feixe das olas que trouxer en collo, un diñeyro, e de cada qántara, dous diñeiros

     Assize of the pots: Item, they ordered that any person who brings a load of pots from the outside for selling inside this city, that they shall pay two white coins for each load; and a white coin for a sack; and for the lot that they carry in their arms, a coin; an two coins for each amphora

   Non leves a nena no colo, deixa que ande. ― Don't carry the little girl in your arms, let her walk.

Derived terms

• coller no colo (“to take in arms”)
• levar no colo (“to carry in arms (a baby, a child)”)

Related terms

• colar

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022), “colo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018), “colo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “colo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “colo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “colo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Italian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin cōlum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kólo/
• Rhymes: -o
• Hyphenation: có‧lo

Noun

colo m (plural coli) (rare)

1. a kind of sieve or strainer

   Synonyms: crivello, staccio

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kólo/
• Rhymes: -o
• Hyphenation: có‧lo

Verb

colo

1. first-person singular present indicative of colare

Etymology 3

From Latin colon, from Ancient Greek κόλον.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kòlo/
• Rhymes: -o
• Hyphenation: cò‧lo

Noun

colo m (uncountable)

1. (archaic) alternative form of colon

Etymology 4

From Latin cōlon, from Ancient Greek κῶλον.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kòlo/
• Rhymes: -o
• Hyphenation: cò‧lo

Noun

colo m (plural cola)

1. a member or part of a verse of a poem
2. an ancient punctuation mark

Etymology 5

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kòlo/
• Rhymes: -o
• Hyphenation: cò‧lo

Verb

colo

1. first-person singular present indicative of colere

Anagrams

• loco, locò, oclo-

Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *kʷelō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- (“to move, to turn (around), to revolve around, and therefore to sojourn, to dwell”). The same root also gave in-quil-īnus (“inhabitant”) and anculus (“servant”).

Cognates include Ancient Greek πέλω, πόλος, τέλλω, τέλος, τῆλε, πάλαι, κύκλος, Sanskrit चरति (cárati), English wheel, Russian колесо́ (kolesó).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔ.ɫoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔː.lo]

Verb

colō (present infinitive colere, perfect active coluī, supine cultum); third conjugation

1. (literal) to cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden

   Synonyms: incolō, subigō

   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 3.779:

     cum colerent prīscī studiōsius agrōs

     when [the people] of ancient [times] were tilling their fields more diligently

2. to inhabit

   Synonyms: habitō, obsideō, resideō, possideō, cōnsīdō, iaceō, subsīdō, stabulō, incolō, vīvō, versor

3. to frequent, be the guardian of, cherish, care for, protect, nurture

   Synonyms: cūrō, accūrō, prōcūrō, videō, respiciō, cōnsultō, cōnsulō, caveō, serviō

   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.15–16:

     quam Iūnō fertur terrīs magis omnibus ūnam
     posthabitā coluisse Samō [...].

     [Carthage], which Juno is said to have cherished more than any other place, even Samos having been less esteemed [...].
     (The queen of the gods – Juno or Hera – cherished and protected Carthage even more than the island of Samos, where a large temple was dedicated to her worship. See: Juno (mythology); Carthage; Samos; Heraion of Samos.)

4. (figuratively) to worship, honor, revere, reverence
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 6.728:

     coepit Aventīna Pallas in arce colī

     Pallas began to be worshiped on the Aventine summit.
     (A temple on the Aventine Hill had been dedicated to Pallas, an epithet of Athena, whom the Romans equated with Minerva.)

   • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Exodus.20.5:

     Nōn adōrābis ea, neque colēs: ego sum Dominus Deus tuus fortis, zēlōtēs, vīsitāns inīquitātem patrum in fīliōs, in tertiam et quārtam generātiōnem eōrum quī ōdērunt mē.

     Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me.

Usage notes

The words colō and excolō can be confused in usage. Their root being the Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-, originally colō probably meant turning (plowing for cultivation) the soil, and by extension of inhabiting a place; by further extension, it adopted the senses of improving said habitation by cultivating the land and through the specific nurture of crops. While figurative senses of nurturing and improving are attributable to colō, they are more properly rendered by excolō, since nurture and improvement are the parts of the (literal) process of land cultivation "out of" (ex-) which springs excolō, rendering the figurative and universal sense of cultivating. This means colō/cultus/cultiō can properly render cultivation strictly in the agricultural sense, while excolō/excultus/excultiō are for the senses of cultivation—improvement by means of effort or labor—in the general, non-agricultural sense.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of colō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	colō		colis		colit		colimus		colitis		colunt
	imperfect	colēbam		colēbās		colēbat		colēbāmus		colēbātis		colēbant
	future	colam		colēs		colet		colēmus		colētis		colent
	perfect	coluī		coluistī		coluit		coluimus		coluistis		coluērunt, coluēre
	pluperfect	colueram		coluerās		coluerat		coluerāmus		coluerātis		coluerant
	future perfect	coluerō		colueris		coluerit		coluerimus		colueritis		coluerint
passive	present	color		coleris, colere		colitur		colimur		coliminī		coluntur
	imperfect	colēbar		colēbāris, colēbāre		colēbātur		colēbāmur		colēbāminī		colēbantur
	future	colar		colēris, colēre		colētur		colēmur		colēminī		colentur
	perfect	cultus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	cultus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	cultus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	colam		colās		colat		colāmus		colātis		colant
	imperfect	colerem		colerēs		coleret		colerēmus		colerētis		colerent
	perfect	coluerim		coluerīs		coluerit		coluerīmus		coluerītis		coluerint
	pluperfect	coluissem		coluissēs		coluisset		coluissēmus		coluissētis		coluissent
passive	present	colar		colāris, colāre		colātur		colāmur		colāminī		colantur
	imperfect	colerer		colerēris, colerēre		colerētur		colerēmur		colerēminī		colerentur
	perfect	cultus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	cultus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		cole		—		—		colite		—
	future	—		colitō		colitō		—		colitōte		coluntō
passive	present	—		colere		—		—		coliminī		—
	future	—		colitor		colitor		—		—		coluntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		colere			colī			colēns			—
future		cultūrum esse			cultum īrī			cultūrus			colendus, colundus
perfect		coluisse			cultum esse			—			cultus
future perfect		—			cultum fore			—			—
perfect potential		cultūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		colendī		colendō		colendum		colendō		cultum		cultū

Derived terms

• accolō
• circumcolō
• -cola
• colēns
• colonus
• culta
• cultē
• cultiō
• cultūra
• cultus
• excolō
• incolō
• incultus
• monticola
• praecolō
• recolō

Related terms

• anculus
• inquilīnus

Descendants

• Catalan: coldre, colre
• Old Occitan: colre
• French: cultiver
• Italian: coltivare
• → Polish: kultywować
• Portuguese: cultivar
• Romanian: cultiva
• Sicilian: curtivari
• Spanish: cultivar

Etymology 2

From cōlum (“colander, strainer”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkoː.ɫoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔː.lo]

Verb

cōlō (present infinitive cōlāre, perfect active cōlāvī, supine cōlātum); first conjugation

2. to filter, strain, purify

Conjugation

   Conjugation of cōlō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	cōlō		cōlās		cōlat		cōlāmus		cōlātis		cōlant
	imperfect	cōlābam		cōlābās		cōlābat		cōlābāmus		cōlābātis		cōlābant
	future	cōlābō		cōlābis		cōlābit		cōlābimus		cōlābitis		cōlābunt
	perfect	cōlāvī		cōlāvistī		cōlāvit		cōlāvimus		cōlāvistis		cōlāvērunt, cōlāvēre
	pluperfect	cōlāveram		cōlāverās		cōlāverat		cōlāverāmus		cōlāverātis		cōlāverant
	future perfect	cōlāverō		cōlāveris		cōlāverit		cōlāverimus		cōlāveritis		cōlāverint
passive	present	cōlor		cōlāris, cōlāre		cōlātur		cōlāmur		cōlāminī		cōlantur
	imperfect	cōlābar		cōlābāris, cōlābāre		cōlābātur		cōlābāmur		cōlābāminī		cōlābantur
	future	cōlābor		cōlāberis, cōlābere		cōlābitur		cōlābimur		cōlābiminī		cōlābuntur
	perfect	cōlātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	cōlātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	cōlātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	cōlem		cōlēs		cōlet		cōlēmus		cōlētis		cōlent
	imperfect	cōlārem		cōlārēs		cōlāret		cōlārēmus		cōlārētis		cōlārent
	perfect	cōlāverim		cōlāverīs		cōlāverit		cōlāverīmus		cōlāverītis		cōlāverint
	pluperfect	cōlāvissem		cōlāvissēs		cōlāvisset		cōlāvissēmus		cōlāvissētis		cōlāvissent
passive	present	cōler		cōlēris, cōlēre		cōlētur		cōlēmur		cōlēminī		cōlentur
	imperfect	cōlārer		cōlārēris, cōlārēre		cōlārētur		cōlārēmur		cōlārēminī		cōlārentur
	perfect	cōlātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	cōlātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		cōlā		—		—		cōlāte		—
	future	—		cōlātō		cōlātō		—		cōlātōte		cōlantō
passive	present	—		cōlāre		—		—		cōlāminī		—
	future	—		cōlātor		cōlātor		—		—		cōlantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		cōlāre			cōlārī			cōlāns			—
future		cōlātūrum esse			cōlātum īrī			cōlātūrus			cōlandus
perfect		cōlāvisse			cōlātum esse			—			cōlātus
future perfect		—			cōlātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		cōlātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		cōlandī		cōlandō		cōlandum		cōlandō		cōlātum		cōlātū

Derived terms

• cōlātus
• dēcōlō
• excōlō
• percōlō
• recōlō

Descendants

• Friulian: colâ
• Italian: colare
• Old French:
  • French: couler
  • Walloon: couler
• Old Leonese:
  • Asturian: colar
• Old Occitan:
  • Catalan: colar
  • Occitan: colar
• Old Galician-Portuguese: coar
  • Galician: coar
  • Portuguese: coar
• Old Spanish:
  • Spanish: colar
• Piedmontese: colé
• Sicilian: culari
• Venetan: cołar
• → Albanian: kulloj

References

• “colo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “colo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "colo", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “colo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to keep up, foster a connection: amicitiam colere
    
  • to pay respect to, be courteous to a person: aliquem colere et observare (Att. 2. 19)
    
  • to be engaged in the pursuit of letters: litteras colere
    
  • to cultivate the mind: animum, ingenium excolere (not colere)
    
  • to preserve one's loyalty: fidem colere, servare
    
  • to do one's duty: officium suum facere, servare, colere, tueri, exsequi, praestare
    
  • to honour the gods with all due ceremonial (very devoutly): deum rite (summa religione) colere
    
  • to pay divine honours to some one: aliquem divino honere colere
    
  • to till the ground: agrum colere (Leg. Agr. 2. 25. 67)
    

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin collum. Cognate with Old Spanish cuello and Old French col.

Pronunciation

• (Galicia) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.lo/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.lʊ/

Noun

colo m (plural colos)

1. neck
2. lap

Descendants

• Fala: colu
• Galician: colo
• Portuguese: colo

Further reading

• Universo Cantigas - "colo"