colon

cōlon or cōlum, i, n. ( cōlus, i, m., Ser. Samm. 31, 1), = kôlon (a member).

I.

The colon or great gut (the largest of the intestines), Plin. 11, 37, 79, § 202.—Esp., as the part affected by the colic:

coli tormentum,

Plin. 22, 22, 37, § 79:

coli dolor,

Scrib. Comp. 122.—Hence,

B.

A disease of the colon, the colic, Plin. 20, 15, 57, § 162; 31, 9, 45, § 102; Scrib. Comp. l. l.; Ser. Samm. l. l.—

II.

Transf., a member of a verse (pure Lat. membrum), * Quint. 9, 4, 78; of a poem, Aug. ap. Don. Vit. Verg. c. 12.