colyphia

Latin

Alternative forms

• cōlīphia

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κωλύφια (kōlúphia) (not in dictionaries), from κωλήν (kōlḗn, “loin”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /koːˈlyː.pʰi.a/, [koːˈlʲyːpʰiä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /koˈli.fi.a/, [koˈliːfiä]

Noun

cōlȳphia n pl (genitive cōlȳphiōrum); second declension

1. choice pieces of meat cut from the loin

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.

	plural
nominative	cōlȳphia
genitive	cōlȳphiōrum
dative	cōlȳphiīs
accusative	cōlȳphia
ablative	cōlȳphiīs
vocative	cōlȳphia

References

• “colyphia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “colyphia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers