colon, coli:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension · variant: 8th
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Poetry
part of a line of verse, metrical entity; clause of a period; line, fragment;
Inflections
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | colon | cola |
| Gen. | coli | colorum |
| Dat. | colo | colis |
| Acc. | colon | cola |
| Voc. | colon | cola |
| Abl. | colo | colis |
Examples
Asinaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...Quid agis, custos carceris? LEON. O catenarum colone. LIB. O virgarum lascivia. LEON. Quot pondo ted esse censes..."Liber X
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...trahit pudorem, Semper pauperior redit potestas: Felix auriferae colone terrae, Rectorem vacuo sinu remittes Optabisque moras, et exeuntem..."Liber IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...initium hexametri statim invenias, et anacreontion protinus colon efficies, et si velis trimetron, et quod duobus pedibus..."Res Gestae II
Caesar Augustus from Res Gestae Divi Augusti
"...millibus plebis urbanae sexagenos denarios viritim dedi. Et colon[i]s militum meorum consul quintum ex manibiis viritim..."