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culeus

“culeus” is a Latin word. Its 3 meanings in English:

noun

  1. sack, bag, especially a large leather sack used for bulk transport
  2. culeus, the sack, a punishment for parricides involving confinement to a sack and drowning
  3. culeus, Roman sack, a Roman unit of liquid measure equivalent to about 520 L, chiefly used for vinyard production and wine trading

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κολεός (koleós, “sheath”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover”).

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