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culeus

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原始印欧语Proto-Indo-European约前 4500–前 2500 年
*ḱel-‘to cover’
派生
古希腊语Ancient Greek约前 1500–前 300 年
κολεός‘sheath’
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拉丁语Latin约前 75–公元 3 世纪
culeus‘large leather sack, punishment of drowning within a sack, unit of bulk liquid measure’
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culeus

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From Latin culeus (“large leather sack, punishment of drowning within a sack, unit of bulk liquid measure”), from Ancient Greek κολεός (koleós, “sheath”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover”). Doublet of cullion and cojones.

释义

名词noun

1historicalA Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of 1600 Roman pounds of wine and equivalent to about 520 L although differing slightly

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2(historical, law) A Roman punishment—chiefly for parricide—involving blindfolding, beating, confinement to a leather sack, and drowning in a river or sea.

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cullion
cojones