adolentur
Dictionary entries
- Entry →adoleo, adolere, adolui, adolultus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Religion
worship, make/burn sacrifice/offerings; cremate; destroy/treat by fire/heat;; emit/give out a smell/odor;
pl. pres. pass. ind. 3rd - Entry →adolor, adolari, adolatus sum:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
fawn upon (as dog); flatter (in servile manner), court; make obeisance (to);
pl. pres. subj. 3rd
Examples

Liber Tertius
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...simul vestesque virum lustramina ponto pone iacit, rapidis adolentur cetera flammis. quin etiam truncas nemorum[que] effigiesque virorum..."
Liber Secundus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...solus eras. at non inglorius umbrismittitur: Assyrio cineres adolentur amomoet tenues Arabum respirant gramine plumae 35Sicaniisque crocis; senio..."Metamorphoses XIV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...suaque illum oracula fallunt, utque leves stipulae demptis adolentur aristis, ut facibus saepes ardent, quas forte viator..."Metamorphoses I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...suaque illum oracula fallunt, utque leves stipulae demptis adolentur aristis, ut facibus saepes ardent, quas forte viator..."Liber II
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...arae obfundere vetitum: precibus et igne puro altaria adolentur, nec ullis imbribus quamquam in aperto madescunt. simulacrum deae..."
