colum

1.

cōlum, i, n.

I.

A vessel for straining, a strainer, colander, Cato, R. R. 11, 2; Verg. G. 2, 242; Col. 11, 2, 70; 12, 19, 4; 12, 38, 7; Plin. 36, 23, 52, § 173; App. M. 3, p. 130, 20; Scrib. Comp. 156 al.:

colum nivarium, for cooling wine,

Mart. 14, 103 inscr.; cf. id. 14, 104; Dig. 34, 2, 2.—

* II.

Poet., a bow-net, a net of wicker-work for catching fish, a wear, Aus. Ep. 4, 57; cf. 2. colo.

2.

cōlum, = colon, q. v.