κόλουρ-ος,ον, (κόλος, οὐρά)
A. dock-tailed, stump-tailed, metaph., ὥσπερ ὑπὸ γήρως ἀπτῆνα καὶ κ.
Plu. Flam. 21
:—fem.κόλουρις, of the fox in the fable, Timocr. 3 ; cf.κοθοῦριν.
2. generally,truncated, πυραμίς
Nicom. Ar. 2.14
.
II. κόλουροι(sc.γραμμαί),αἱ,colures, two great circles passing through the equinoctial and solstitial points, intersecting at the poles, Hipparch. 1.11.17 (sg.), Theo Sm. p.132 H., etc.(in full οἱ κ. κύκλοι
Gem. 2.21
): sg., Theol.Ar. 55 .
III. a kind offig, Ath. 3.75d .