colurus

cŏlūrus, a, um, adj., = κόλουρος, mutilated; hence,

• I In astron.: coluri circuli, = κόλουροι, the colures, two circles passing through the equinoctial and solstitial points, and cutting each other at right angles at the poles, Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 15. —
• II In metre: metrum, a syllable too short, Plotius, Metr. p. 2649 P.