colurus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

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.