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cūlĕus, v. culleus.

† cullĕus (cūl-, and in the signif. II. B., cōl-), i (nom. plur. cullea, neutr., Cato ap. Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 7; Non. p. 197; gen. plur. culleūm, Cato, R. R. 11, 1), m., = κολεός, Ion. κουλεός (a sheath; hence), a leather bag, a sack for holding liquids.

  1. I. Prop.: Te ipsam culleo ego cras faciam ut deportere in pergulam, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 78; Nep. Eum. 8, 7; Plin. 7, 20, 19, § 82.
    Parricides were sewed up in bags and drowned, Cic. Rosc. Am. 25, 70; id. Inv. 2, 50, 149; Sen. Clem. 1, 15; Dig. 48, 9, 9; Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 5; Quint. 7, 8, 6; Suet. Aug. 33; Juv. 8, 214.
    Comp.: culleus ligneus, of a ship without rigging, Sen. Contr. 3 (7), 15, 9.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. A large measure for liquids, holding 20 amphorae, Cato, R. R. 148, 1; Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 7.
    2. B. The scrotum, Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 4; Mart. 12, 84; Auct. Priap. 13, 8; hence, coleos habere, i. q. virum esse, Petr. 44, 14.