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κόλουρος

κόλουρος, dock-tailed

κόλουρ-ος, ον, (κόλος, οὐρά)
  • dock-tailed, stump-tailed, metaph., ὥσπερ ὑπὸ γήρως ἀπτῆνα καὶ κ. Plu. Flam. 21:—fem. κόλουρις, of the fox in the fable, Timocr. 3; cf. κοθοῦριν.
      • 2 generally, truncated, πυραμίς Nicom. Ar. 2.14.
    • II κόλουροι (sc. γραμμαί), αἱ, colures, two great circles passing through the equinoctial and solstitial points, intersecting at the poles, Hipparch. 1.11.17 (sg.), Theo Sm. p.132 H., etc.(in full οἱ κ. κύκλοι Gem. 2.21): sg., Theol.Ar. 55.
    • III a kind of fig, Ath. 3.75d.

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