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cŏlăphīzo, āre, v. a., = κολαφίζω, to box one’s ears, Tert. adv. Marc. 5, 12.

cŏlăphus, i, m., = κόλαφος, a blow with the fist, a cuff, a box on the ear: icere, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 65 Ritschl: ducere, Quint. 6, 3, 83.
In plur.: in cerebro colaphos abstrudere, Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 68; cf.: infringere alicui, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 45; Plin. 8, 36, 54, § 130: incutere alicui, Juv. 9, 5: perpeti, Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 20; Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 37.

* cōlātūra, ae, f. [2. colo], filtration; concr., that which has been strained, Cael. Aur. Tard. 5, 3, 55.

cōlātus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from 2. colo.

Cŏlax, ăcis, m., = Κόλαξ (the Flatterer), title of comedies of Menander, Nœvius, and Plautus; cf. Ter. Eun. prol. 25 and 30.

2. cōlo, āvi, ātum, āre, v. a. [colum], to filter, strain, to clarify, purify (post-Aug.): ceram, Col. 9, 16, 1: mel, id. 12, 11, 1: vinum sportā palmeā, Pall. Febr. 27: sucum linteo, Plin. 25, 13, 103, § 164: thymum cribro, Col. 7, 8, 7: aliquid per linteum, Scrib. Comp. 271: ad colum, Veg. 2, 28, 19: per colum, Apic. 4, 2: aurum, App. Flor. p. 343, 20: terra colans, Plin. 31, 3, 23, § 38: faex colata, id. 31, 8, 44, § 95.
Poet.: amnes inductis retibus, i. e. to spread out a fish-net, Manil. 5, 193.
Hence, cōlātus, a, um, P. a., cleansed, purified (post-class.): nitor (beryllorum), Tert. Anim. 9.

  1. B. Trop.: certiora et colatiora somniari, Tert. Anim. 48.