colens, (gen.), colentis:
Adjective · 3rd declension · variant: 1st · comparison: positive
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
honoring, treating respectfully;
Inflections
positive
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | — | colentia |
| Acc. | colens | colentia |
| Voc. | — | colentia |
Examples
- L
Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE BENEFICIIS
"...signis custodirentur, fides potius illa seruaret et aecum colens animus! Sed necessaria optimis praetulerunt et cogere fidem quam..." - L
Agamemnon
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...uelit clarus niueos inter olores Histrum cycnus Tanainque colens extrema loqui, licet alcyones Ceyca suum fluctu leuiter plangente..." - L
Hercules [Oetaeus]
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...largo sacer splendescat ignis ture, quod Phoebum colens diues Sabaeis colligit truncis Arabs. pacata tellus' inquit 'et caelum..." - G
Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...pineam quate taedam. namque Iunia Manlio, qualis Idalium colens venit ad Phrygium Venus iudicem, bona cum bona nubet..."